Kitsap County sheriff's deputies investigating Port Orchard homicide, suspect arrested
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - A suspect in an Easter morning homicide in Port Orchard has been arrested, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.
Around 10:3.0 a.m., deputies responded to the 1700 block of Higgins Road SE, near Maple Street, for reports of a shooting.
When they arrived, they found a man dead with an apparent gunshot wound and a woman with blood on her hands, who was identified as the victim's girlfriend.
She told police who shot her boyfriend and when the suspect was confronted about it, he said, "I did," according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.
It's unclear what led up to the shooting.
Deputies have not specified if the victim and suspect knew each other.
The 58-year-old suspected shooter is in custody and was booked for second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Bail has been set at $1 million.