SPOKANE, Wash. — A man was arrested on suspicion of arson and booked into jail on Tuesday morning following a fire at a tattoo parlor in downtown Spokane.
The fire was reported on the outside of Anchored Art Tattoo on Riverside Avenue at about 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to Spokane Police Officer John O'Brien. The Spokane Fire Department asked SPD to respond and investigate the fire as arson.
Fire crews had to knock out a window at the shop to combat the fire. No injuries were reported.
Anchored Art Tattoo had surveillance video that showed a man starting the fire, which helped officers in the investigation. The video was provided to officers in the Downtown Precinct to help locate the suspect, O'Brien said.
The suspect, 32-year-old Charles A. Campbell, was found in the area of 3rd Avenue and Howard Street at about 10:43 a.m. O'Brien said he was arrested and booked into the Spokane County Jail for a felony Department of Corrections warrant and second-degree arson.
Campbell is a convicted felon. His most recent convictions are Theft of Motor Vehicle and Burglary 2nd degree.
The owner of Anchored Art Tattoo told KREM that damage to the building was minimal and the parlor would be open for business as usual on Tuesday.
