89 year old found dead of gun shot in burned out apartment after eviction notice

Man found in burned apartment building killed himself, Seattle police say
An 89-year-old man whose body was found in a Capitol Hill apartment building that caught fire Monday killed himself with a gunshot wound to the head, the King County Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday.

By Noelene Clark and Sonia Krishnan

Seattle Times staff reporters


An 89-year-old man whose body was found in a Capitol Hill apartment building that caught fire Monday killed himself with a gunshot wound to the head, the King County Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday.

Fire officials determined that the blaze at 1605 Bellevue Ave. was started deliberately and began in the man's first-floor unit. Seattle police are investigating the arson.

Edward Jackson, longtime building manager at the apartments, was supposed to move out that day because the building was going to be torn down to make way for condominiums.