[Komo News] SEATTLE -- Standing in the grassy median, between Interstate 5 and a strip of businesses on the edge of South Lake Union Friday, residents of a homeless encampment were told it was time to leave.Two Seattle police officers talked to residents "Austin" and "Kayla" about where they could go. Kayla said she was told an attack just outside the camp was the "icing on the cake" for the encampment.
"One stupid mistake and we’re all getting punished for it," said Kayla, who declined to give her last name.
A man was beaten with a baseball bat after a confrontation with a resident of the encampment Wednesday night, according to a Seattle police report.
The suspect in the attack was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of false reporting, a misdemeanor. Kayla said the man gave police a fake name when he was arrested.
A department spokesman said the case is under investigation.
Cherry Cash told KOMO Friday that she and her fiancée Ryan Georg were outside El Corazon, a nightclub in South Lake Union, when she heard yelling. She said some men from the encampment "ran to get caught up with us and chase us down with a baseball bat ready for blood."