Police arrested a 26-year-old man Saturday in connection with the deadly shooting of a 24-year-old man last week in an illegal gambling den in McCully.

Honolulu police SWAT officers arrested Nathaniel Foster at noon at 1260 Richard Lane on suspicion of second-degree murder. Police said Foster surrendered without incident.

Foster was accused of shooting the victim at a gambling parlor on Poha Lane near South Beretania Street about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Police said officers responded to reports of gunshots and were pointed to the second floor, where they found the victim dead with multiple gunshot wounds.

An Emergency Medical Services report said the victim had gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.

A cousin of the victim identified him as Kioco Melson and said Melson and the suspect worked together at the gambling parlor.

Foster fled the scene. On Friday, police released a photo of him, asking for the public’s help in finding him.

About 8 a.m. Saturday, SWAT officers arrived at Richard Lane and began going door-to-door, evacuating residents from the multi-story building on the makai end of the property.

John Mark Ventura, 14, who lives on the same floor as the suspect, said his stepfather woke him up after 8 a.m. and told him they had to leave because of the police investigation. He saw armed officers on his floor and outside the stairwell when he left the building.

He said the shooting suspect had lived in the building for at least a year.

“I’m shocked,” he said. “He was quiet.”

But police didn’t arrest Foster at that time. A security guard said police left because the suspect wasn’t home and returned later that morning.

Moana Auau, who also lives in the building, said she was cleaning her home about 11 a.m. when she looked out her window and spotted police outside with an armored vehicle in the parking lot.

Officers waved to get her attention and told her to stay inside her apartment.

She said the police used a bullhorn to tell the suspect that officers had surrounded the building and to answer his phone.

“We were scared,” said Auau, who was caring for four children in her home at the time. “It was pretty crazy.”

About 10 minutes after police began using the bullhorn, she heard police had a suspect in custody. Police kept the area blocked off to traffic, however, until about 1 p.m., she said.

Residents said Foster lived in a unit with a woman and young children.

Foster has four convictions in Hawaii, for drunk driving, driving without a license, abuse, and fourth-degree theft, state records show.