A man was stabbed to death near a homeless encampment in San Pedro early Friday, Jan. 10, and police have arrested the man they say was responsible.

Los Angeles police were called about 3:30 a.m. to near 9th Street and South Beacon Street, Sgt. Bradley Hearn said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspect was arrested just after 11 a.m., said Officer Rosario Cervantes, an LAPD spokeswoman. Further details were not released by the department.

The homicide comes just days before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal to use the shuttered L.A. County Department of Mental Health building, a block north of the crime scene, as a homeless shelter. The proposal, by Supervisor Janice Hahn, comes as conditions at the San Pedro encampment worsen, Elise Swanson, president and CEO of the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, said earlier this week.