YAKIMA -- Yakima Police say they first learned of the homicide of a man in Yakima after being contacted by the medical examiner in King County.

According to YPD, the King County Medical Examiner called them this weekend about a man who'd died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The patient had been rushed there on Friday after reports of injuries from a fall.

While at Harborview 36-year-old Robert Hamre of Zillah died of his injuries.

At that point YPD says they knew nothing about the case as there had been no crime reported to YPD.

Harborview staff got information that the man was a victim of an assault, and so it was medically investigated as a homicide.

When Yakima Police were informed they went to the reported scene and say they were able to speak to a family member near a makeshift memorial who told them there had been an assault.

Police say they found camera footage of the area and where able to find video of the man being assaulted.