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Man charged in fatal Belltown gas station shooting arrested in Chicago
U.S. Marshals arrested Michael O’Neal Fleming in Chicago on Tuesday, hours after Seattle police named him as a suspect in the killing of a 36-year-old clerk. Fleming is expected to be extradited to Seattle to face the King County case.
A 33-year-old man accused of killing a Seattle gas station clerk was arrested Tuesday in Chicago, hours after Seattle police publicly sought him in the case, authorities said.
Michael O’Neal Fleming is accused of shooting and killing the 36-year-old clerk, who was found behind the counter at a 76 gas station on Broad Street in Belltown last week. The clerk’s name was not provided in the information released Tuesday.
Seattle police issued a wanted notice for Fleming at 11:36 a.m. By 5:48 p.m., police said, the U.S. Marshals Service had arrested him in Chicago. Fleming is expected to be extradited to Seattle. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has filed charges, though the specific charges were not identified in the announcement.
The arrest moves the case from a multi-state search toward court proceedings in King County. Fleming is accused of the killing; the allegations have not been proven in court.