The King County Prosecutor’s Office on Oct. 28 charged an Auburn man with second-degree murder for the shooting death of another man Oct. 25 in the 14600 block of Southeast 368th Place in unincorporated King County.

The defendant is Marcus Anthony Buchanan, 27.

According to police, Buchanan shot the man, 42-year-old Jeremiah WhiteEagle, three times in the chest with a .350 caliber Smith and Wesson pistol when WhiteEagle confronted him about a 38-year-old woman Buchanan had allegedly assaulted only moments before.

Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney David M. Seaver argued during Buchanan’s first court appearance Oct. 26 that he poses a danger to the community and asked the judge to set bail at $2 million. The judge instead set bail at $1 million. Seaver expects Buchanan to remain in jail on the bail amount.

In his summary of the case and request for bail, and-or conditions of Buchanan’s release, Seaver told the charging court Oct. 28: “…The Defendant’s rash and shockingly violent actions amply demonstrate the danger he represents to the public and, more specifically, to his co-residents and their circle of friends and acquaintances,” Seaver said.

Buchanan’s arraignment is at 9 a.m. Nov. 10 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, when he will enter a plea.

The woman who alleged the assault and Buchanan are two of the three co-residents of the house where the incident allegedly took place. Buchanan is reported to dislike his co-residents intensely, according to police.

According to the statement of probable cause submitted by the King County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses of the incident told police that in the days before the shooting , the residents had disputed who should be paying rent to whom, and who should be allowed to enter or move into the house.

WhiteEagle, who lived just across the street in a camper with his girlfriend, was reported to have been in the process of moving into that house, according to the statement.

According to the police statement, the incident began on the night of Oct. 25 when Buchanan allegedly forced his way into his co-resident’s bedroom, where she was sitting with a friend, and began calling her names. According to the police statement, the woman tried to push him out of the room, he shoved her, she shoved back, and they fell to the floor and began to tussle. At some point the friend who was with her intervened and the struggle continued. When the altercation ended, according to the statement, Buchanan went back to his room.

According to the statement, the woman ran to WhiteEagle’s camper, where she told him and his girlfriend that Buchanan had put his hands on her.

When the three hurried to the house to confront Buchanan, according to the statement, WhiteEagle went to the doorway of Buchanan’s bedroom and said, “So, you like to put your hands on females?” When Buchanan denied the accusation, WhiteEagle called him a liar, according to documents.

The co-resident told police she did not see the actual shooting, but heard a series of shots and saw WhiteEagle fall in the hallway, according to documents. WhiteEagle died at the scene, according to reports.

During an interview later that evening, Buchanan allegedly told police he’d acted in self-defense, according to documents. While he admitted getting into an argument with the woman that turned into the fight, according to the statement, he claimed that she had sent rude text messages to him earlier.

According to documents, Buchanan allegedly told police that while Buchanan’s back was turned to him, WhiteEagle had punched him in the back, asking, “So, you like to beat women?” Buchanan then allegedly police that the punch had caused him to stumble, he caught himself and drew the black .350 caliber pistol and fired as WhiteEagle kept drawing closer. According to the statement, Buchanan told police he “had to shoot” or he’d “get pummeled,” told police he did not know WhiteEagle well and did not know whether the other man had ever possessed weapons.

“[He] gunned down a man about whom he knew little other than that the man was a friend of others with whom the defendant had ongoing animosity,” Seaver told the court on Oct. 28.

No previous cases involving Buchanan have been referred to the prosecutor.