A disturbance at the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie and Minglement brought a police response Monday morning and ended with one man’s arrest.

Colin Roy McGill, 43, was found to be trespassing and later held without bail at the King County jail. He was released conditionally on Tuesday. Earlier today, he was charged with malicious harassment, according to a spokesperson from the King County Prosecutor’s office. He will be arraigned on April 12.

According to Sgt. Ryan Abbott, spokesperson for the King County Sheriff’s Office, several witnesses at the scene gave statements recognizing the suspect as being from Vashon.

“I first heard somebody yelling the “n” word repeatedly,” said an eyewitness sitting near the front door at the time of the incident, who asked to remain anonymous. “He kept saying over and over again, ‘You m—————— n——-, don’t ever come near my family.’”

There was no logical reason for the man to berate the other customer, according to Eva DeLoach, owner of the Roasterie.

“It was a person who bumped into this person, who I think could be mentally ill,” she said.

The suspect next followed the other man into the barista area, where he was confronted by an employee who told him to leave the premises.

“He yelled back, ‘I can’t believe you allow n——— in here,’” said the witness, who watched the suspect exit the building and continue to scream outside on the porch area, pounding on the windows.

“I cannot emphasize how much of a rage this guy was in. This was somebody, a very large guy; he was muscular and just in a full force rage screaming at the top of his lungs the ‘n’ word.”

The profanity-laced outburst prompted widespread condemnation on social media, with comments by hundreds of islanders who praised the actions of the Roasterie employee and Vashon-native Logan Sinner, who was working at nearby LS Cedar. Sinner said he was walking through the lumberyard and heard the commotion.

“At that point, there was no reasoning with him or anything,” said Sinner. “He was quite set where he was coming from.”

Sinner said he walked across the street to the scene and calmly stood in the doorway of the Roasterie, discouraging the suspect from attempting to enter again while speaking to him about what had occurred.

“I said, ‘Hey man, you can’t say those things, it’s not OK.’”

“What are you gonna’ do about it?” The suspect reportedly responded.

“‘Well, I’m gonna’ stand here until you leave. You’re making everyone uncomfortable,’” said Sinner. “He kind of backed down the stairs and was just kind of huffing and puffing for a while, then walked down the road until the officers showed up.”

Sinner said King County deputies arrived within minutes and attended to the man.

“I know everyone there. You gotta be there for everyone,” said Sinner.

DeLoach feels that the episode was not purely an act of hate and intolerance, and that greater compassion for people who are mentally ill is more urgent than ever.

“Mental illness is around us everywhere, and in my opinion needs to be handled differently,” she said.

“When we judge people in a community, I was always taught there was more to the story. I’m glad that nobody was hurt.”