A man accused of hitting a homeless person with a baseball bat Browne’s Addition was arrested Wednesday morning.
William L. Carroll, 36, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault.
Police received a call at about 11:40 a.m. about an incident on the 1900 block of West Sunset Boulevard, said Officer John O’Brien with the Spokane Police Department.
Carroll lives in a home converted to apartments, at 1907 W. Third Ave., where police said there has been a problem with homeless people taking shelter underneath the property’s carport.
On the rainy Tuesday morning, Carroll told police he spotted three people he assumed to be transients under the carport, O’Brien said.
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