A recent rash of break-ins has runners, walkers and bikers at a popular Philadelphia park on edge.
According to investigators, thieves are hiding out in the woods of Wissahickon State Park, waiting to break into cars and steal valuables. Despite three recent arrests, investigators say the number of thefts is increasing.

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One victim, Mary Pat Kessler, says she went for a run on Valley Green Road at the park early Saturday morning around 5:30 a.m. Kessler claims police discovered that thieves had broken into her car before she even got back.

“They broke the driver’s side glass,” Kessler said. “They ransacked my car. They stole my wallet. They’re lying wait in the woods behind us. They’re looking for runners, walkers, bikers and anyone that’s going to be leaving their car for a length of time, to do their exercise. And it’s very quick.”

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On June 4, 14th District officers set up surveillance in the parking lot of the Valley Green Inn near the park. According to police, 32-year-old Aja Whetstone, 35-year-old Kisha Duncan, and Daniel Duncan arrived in the parking lot inside a beige 2007 Lincoln MKZ early that evening. The suspects allegedly took out a screw driver and pried the top of the driver side door of a parked car. They were then arrested by officers at the scene.

Investigators say the suspects likely targeted the same parking lot before and even used credit cards they had stolen from the cars.

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More thefts occurred in the parking lot after their arrests, leading police to believe that the suspects were part of a larger ring that’s still operating.

Police warn those who run or walk at the park to lock up their cars, pull up their windows and hide their purses under the car seat.

Police say they are putting more uniformed and plain-clothes officers in the park in order to put an end to the break-ins.

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If you have any information on the thefts, please call Philadelphia Police.
 

A mother and daughter face charges after investigators say over a dozen cats, two of them dead, were found inside their feces-covered home in the Kensington Section of the city.

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Philadelphia Police arrived at their home Tuesday afternoon on the 1800 block of E. Letterly Street to evict the two women, based on a court order obtained by their landlord. When they arrived, officers observed unsanitary conditions at the home as well as at least 15 cats inside. According to officials, two of those cats were found dead.

Police contacted the Animal Control Team of Philadelphia who called the Pennsylvania SPCA.

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“We need to remove these cats and evaluate their medical conditions,” said Director of Humane Law Enforcement George Bengal.  "The home is covered in feces and is not a healthy environment for them."

According to investigators, the 84-year-old mother and 58-year-old daughter will be charged with animal cruelty.

Just two and a half years after the devastating shipwreck that left over 30 people dead, the Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, is floating again. And a local company is playing a huge role in the process.

VideoRay, a robotics company based out of Pottstown, Montgomery County, is providing the Remotely Operated Vehicles – ROVs -- used throughout the re-floating operation.

“They’re kind of like a swimming-camera-robot,” marketing coordinator Kate McGarry said. “They’re built to look like marine life, kind of shaped like a stingray.”

According to McGarry, the ROVs can access areas human divers can’t. For the Costa Concordia project, they have a very specific role.

“Our part in the towing will be to monitor all underwater activity,” McGarry said. “It’s a very dangerous and very difficult operation, so our main job is to keep everyone safe.”

Costa Condordia capsized off the coast of Tuscany in 2012 when it veered off course and hit something underwater. More than 4,200 souls were on board. Thirty-two people died and the captain was criminally charged for abandoning his ship.

There are three major players in the salvage operation, which is the largest ship salvage in history. VideoRay provides the ROVs to monitor the project, Titan Salvage is in charge of recovering the ship, and Crowley is in charge of towing the remains.

However, this isn’t the first time the Pottstown-based company has supplied ROVs for a large-scale operation.

“We went to Korea to work on the South Korean ferry disaster,” she said. “We sent two people with ROVs to help look for victims. It was really dark and really cold, so it was hard to get divers in there.”

McGarry said their ROVs also assisted in went into the Lusitania just a couple of years ago as well, accessing areas that hadn’t been seen since the ship went down nearly 100 years ago. 

“They’re very user friendly,” she said. “We offer a three day training program, but people get the grasp of the system with very minimal training.”

A person of interest is in custody in connection to the murder of a young Philadelphia woman whose body was found in a duffel bag.

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The victim, 23-year-old Laura Araujo, was a recent graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia.

Her body was found in front of an abandoned house in the Kensington section of the city, her hands and feet bound. She had been beaten and strangled, and her body had been put in a trash bag, wrapped in a blanket and then stuffed into the duffel bag.

The bag was left out on the sidewalk with the trash along the 2200 block of 3rd Street on Monday morning. All of Araujo's belongings sat nearby. She was discovered by a man who was going through the garbage. He immediately called police.

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Araujo was about to start a new job at a local hotel and looking for a new place to live when she was killed, Homicide Division Capt. James Clark said.

Clark says Araujo was in the midst of looking for a new apartment and had her "life's belongings" in her car at the time of her death. Police believe the person who killed Araujo stole her car, a 2011 Toyota Rav 4, and took it to South Bambrey Street in South Philadelphia. There, it was set on fire.

"All her belongings were found where her body was found in North Philadelphia. So obviously, after the murder, after her body was dumped there, somebody took her vehicle to South Philadelphia and set it on fire to try to cover their tracks," said Clark.

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Clark says autopsy results showed Araujo was killed four to eight hours before her body was found.

"Where she was killed, we still don't know," Clark said.

Tuesday night, a 23-year-old man, who police consider a person of interest in Araujo's death, was taken into custody. The man, whose arms were wrapped in bandages, showed up at Crozer-Chester Medical Center with multiple burns on Tuesday. He was picked up by police from there and is currently being interviewed.

According to police, the man lived in the same apartment complex as Araujo. They have not yet revealed his name however. Police will serve a search warrant overnight at the man's West Philadelphia home.

Araujo was from the Bronx in New York, but had been living in Philadelphia for the last four to five years while earning her degree in Fashion Design. She graduated in December. From her LinkedIn page, Araujo appears to have been a standout student who was on the Dean's List and received "Best of Quarter" recognition for six different classes.

The school would not answer questions about Araujo "out of respect for the family," said communications director Devra Pransky, but issued this statement:

“We are sorry to learn that Laura Araujo, a 2013 graduate of The Art Institute of Philadelphia’s Fashion Marketing program, recently passed away. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Ms. Araujo’s family and friends at this difficult time."

Araujo's work outside school included tutoring children and adults who were learning English as a second language, according to her LinkedIn profile. She also listed work with community outreach programs in Oklahoma and Georgia. Clark described her as a smart girl with a bright future.

Her last residence was in the area of 8th and Diamond where she lived with two women friends until a few weeks ago, police said.

Authorities are waiting to talk to the friends, who are both on vacation. Araujo's mother said as far as she knew, her daughter didn't have a boyfriend. Her father, Lorenzo Araujo, said the last time he saw her was two weeks ago during a family trip to the Dominican Republic. Lorenzo claims she never showed any signs of distress.

"She was a religious individual. Very methodical. Very selective with her friends and the people she related to most of the time," Lorenzo said.

A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.

Anyone with information on this crime is urged to call Philadelphia's Homicide Unit.

A Camden man was arrested after police say a loaded gun was found inside the bag of his 11-month-old daughter.

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Investigators say a teacher at the El Centro day care center on the 400 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard found a gun inside the girl’s nursery bag shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday. A police officer arrived at the daycare and recovered the weapon, a Jimenez Arms 9mm handgun loaded with hollow point rounds. Investigators say the gun had been stolen from Philadelphia.

After an investigation, the girl’s father, 25-year-old Rakeem Williams of Lindenwold, was arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, Receiving Stolen Property and other related offenses.

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Williams was remanded to the county jail with bail set at $50,000 cash or bond.

The New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Permanency was contacted on behalf of the girl and her sibling. No one was injured during the incident.

An announcement is expected to be made Wednesday on the sale of Philadelphia Gas Works.

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Wednesday marked an important deadline in the proposed purchase of PGW by the UIL Holdings Corporation, a New Haven-Conn.-based energy company. Since Philadelphia City Council did not take action on the plan ahead of the 11:59 p.m. Tuesday deadline, UIL can walk away from the deal without any repercussions.

UIL officials are set to make an announcement Wednesday morning, likely before stock markets open, about its proposed purchase. A city spokesperson told NBC10 that officials are still optimistic that UIL would stick with the deal despite the Council's inaction.

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Last March, the city reached a $1.86 billion deal to sell Philadelphia Gas Works after more than 175 years of city ownership.

PGW President and CEO Craig White joined Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to officially announce the proposed sale of PGW to UIL.

“When I announced nearly two years ago that the city would begin exploring the sale of PGW, I pledged that I would sign an agreement only if the terms benefited Philadelphia taxpayers and PGW customers,” Nutter said last March.  “This agreement accomplishes those goals and much more. UIL submitted the highest bid for PGW and agreed to contract terms that were important to the city.”

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The city launched a website www.exploringasale.com to answer any questions about the deal.

Currently Philadelphia is the largest American city to own a gas utility.

PGW is the nation's largest municipally-owned gas utility with more than 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers and more than 1,600 employees, according to officials.

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If the deal is approved, the city will use the sale money to pay off PGW’s bond obligations and liabilities – including fully funding the PGW pension plan. Nutter said he expects another $424 to $631 million to remain left over. That money would be put towards funding the city employee pension fund, which is currently less than 50 percent funded.

Hundreds of millions of dollars from the sale of PGW’s assets will be injected into the city’s struggling pension fund, Nutter said.

A man was hurt early Wednesday morning when a car hit him as he was walking along an Atlantic County road.

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A vehicle struck the man near the intersection of Leipzig Avenue and Moss Mill Road in Galloway Township around 2:30 a.m., according to police

Authorities say the driver remained at the accident scene and an investigation is underway.

No word yet on the victim's condition.

Federal prosecutors have obtained another indictment in a criminal probe of the failed Wilmington Trust bank.

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Officials announced a seven-count indictment this week against former Wilmington Trust official Peter Hayes of Newark.
 
The 48-year-old Hayes is charged with bank fraud, bank bribery and fraudulently benefiting in loan transactions. His lawyer, Eugene Maurer, says Hayes maintains his innocence.

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The indictment alleges that Hayes, a former commercial real estate lender, engaged in several fraudulent and improper transactions with Anderson Homes, a well-known Delaware homebuilder.
 
Hayes is one of several former Wilmington Trust officials charged with crimes in an ongoing federal investigation of the bank's lending practices. The 107-year-old institution was sold to M&T Bank in 2010 after its deteriorating commercial loan portfolio left it on the verge of collapse.
 

The New Haven, Conn.-based energy company reinforced its committment to purchasing Philadelphia Gas Works in an announcement Wednesday.

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"We have decided to continue our efforts to pursue this acquisition and become a new business partner in the City of Philadelphia," said James P. Torgenson, president and CEO of UIL Holdings Corporation.

Wednesday marked the first day UIL could walk away from its proposed $1.86 billion purchase of PGW since Philadelphia City Council did not take action on the deal ahead of the 11:59 p.m. Tuesday deadline.

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"UIL remains ready to assist Council in its assessment of the sale including the essentail public dialogue of what we believe is a valuable economic opportunity for the City of Philadelphia," Torgerson said.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Wednesday that he is prepared to help City Council make an informed decision.

"We stand fully prepared to provide Council with any further information or analysis it might need as it conducts its vital and historic due diligence on this matter," Nutter said. "Philadelphians have an absolute right to know the basic details of the transaction and how it will impact them as consumers."

Nutter went on to emphasize the deal included protections for seniors and low-income customers and offered other potential benefits to Philadelphia.

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"[T]he transaction also provides for increased safety by enhanced investments in replacing miles of cast-iron pipes and for new business opportunities such as investing in PGW's LNG facilities, which can help create an 'energy hub' that will produce more jobs in the city and region," he said. "This proposed transaction allows us to begin to address perhaps the most daunting financial challenge facing our City, namely our underfunded city pension fund."

If the deal is approved, the city will use the sale money to pay off PGW’s bond obligations and liabilities – including fully funding the PGW pension plan. Nutter said he expects another $424 to $631 million to remain left over. That money would be put towards funding the city employee pension fund, which is currently less than 50 percent funded.

Hundreds of millions of dollars from the sale of PGW’s assets will be injected into the city’s struggling pension fund, Nutter said.

After owning the utility company for 175 years, the city reached a sale agreement with UIL last March.

PGW President and CEO Craig White joined Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to officially announce the proposed sale of PGW to UIL.

“When I announced nearly two years ago that the city would begin exploring the sale of PGW, I pledged that I would sign an agreement only if the terms benefited Philadelphia taxpayers and PGW customers,” Nutter said last March.  “This agreement accomplishes those goals and much more. UIL submitted the highest bid for PGW and agreed to contract terms that were important to the city.”

The city launched a website www.exploringasale.com to answer any questions about the deal.

Sam Bernhardt, the Pennsylvania Senior Organizer for the Food & Water Watch, released a statement on the proposed sale, urging city council to oppose the privatization of PGW.

“The Philadelphia City Council should reject UIL's push to privatize Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW)," Bernhardt wrote. "This risky scheme could increase Philadelphians’ gas bills, hurt local jobs and endanger our community through new gas export facilities. The City's ability to control this asset is important for the longterm vitality of the City, while privatization will only serve to pad the pockets of UIL's shareholders. UIL may be persistent, but we are confident that the City Council will act to protect Philadelphians from this rotten deal.”

Currently Philadelphia is the largest American city to own a gas utility.

PGW is the nation's largest municipally-owned gas utility with more than 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers and more than 1,600 employees, according to officials.

A South Jersey intersection where an 11-year-old girl was killed has been reconstructed to improve safety for both drivers and pedestrians.

Officials redesigned the four-way intersection at County Road 528 and Old York Road in Chesterfield Township, N.J., which previously had a controlled two-way stop sign, into a traffic circle.

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The crossroads is the site of fatal crash, when a dump truck slamming into a school bus carrying children to Chesterfield Elementary School in February 2012. 

Eleven-year-old Isabelle Tezsla -- one of triplets -- was killed. Her two sisters and 15 other students were taken to area hospitals.

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It was later determined that the truck had the right of way during the crash because the school bus had failed to yield or stop at the intersection.

Both drivers suffered minor issues and were cited a month after the accident.

According to Burlington officials crash statistics show that roundabouts reduce fatal crashes roughly 90% and reduce injury crashes about 76%, when compared to other intersection controls. Roundabouts provide a safer and more efficient traffic flow by keeping traffic moving one-way in a counterclockwise direction.

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“A modern roundabout is a very safe alternative," Joseph Brickey, Burlington County's director of public works and county engineer, told The Times of Trenton.

Brickey stated construction cost about $1.7 million and was funded by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration

The intersection has been re-opened, but final landscaping will be completed this upcoming fall.

A Canadian truck driver convicted of failure to stop at the scene of a western Pennsylvania accident in which a pedestrian was struck by three vehicles and killed has been sentenced to six months of house arrest.

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 An Allegheny County judge also ordered 62-year-old Brian Jamieson of Niagara Falls, Ontario to spend a year on probation.

Authorities said 53-year-old Judith Kollar of West Mifflin was hit by a vehicle in December 2012 and knocked into the path of Jamieson's freight truck, then struck by a third vehicle.

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Relatives of the victim spoke about their loss but said they never wanted jail time for the defendant.

Defense attorney Chris Capozzi said his client didn't cause the accident, has been out of work ever since and will now be a convicted felon.
 

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Police in Jersey City are being warned after an internal department memo obtained by NBC 4 New York says a gang there is recruiting gang members across New Jersey to kill cops after a rookie police officer was slain responding to a call of an armed robbery over the weekend.  

Melvin Santiago was killed early Sunday while responding to an armed robbery call at a 24-7 Walgreens. Police say Lawrence Campbell ambushed the 23-year-old outside of the store. Police returned fire, killing Campbell.

According to the memo, "information from a reliable source" within the gang indicates the gang is asking for help from members in Camden and Newark in shooting another police officer. 

The gang is targeting officers working with a Department of Transportation traffic unit, the memo says. The advisory warns gang members will "attack and shoot Jersey City EMTs because they know police officers will respond immediately to their backup."

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Mayor Steven Fulop said such threats frequently crop up after police shootings and are rarely credible.

"Every urban area, every police department knows that after every single police shooting, threats come in," Fulop said. "Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the time they're not credible, but we always take them seriously."

Police sent a notice about the potential threat to officers. One of them posted it to his Facebook page. Fulop said that officer would be disciplined for possibly violating department protocols.

Santiago was one of the first officers at the scene after the report of the armed robbery at the Walgreens came in Sunday by Campbell, who allegedly told someone inside the store to watch the news later because he was "going to be famous." 

Campbell didn't try to rob the store, but assaulted its armed security guard and snatched his gun, officials have said. He then waited for officers to arrive and shot Santiago with what police believe was the guard's weapon. 

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Other officers returned fire, killing him. 

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has said Campbell, who had prior drug arrests and was released from jail in January, was one of three suspects wanted by police for a prior homicide. Another man being sought in that case, 23-year-old city resident Daniel Wilson, was captured Sunday night, officials said.

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It wasn't clear if Campbell was a member of a gang.

Since Sunday, tensions have risen over a sidewalk memorial set up for Campbell in the crime-plagued neighborhood where he lived. Fulop ordered the memorial taken down Tuesday.

The mayor met Wednesday evening with 50 church leaders to talk about the recent clashes with police and growing community unrest. Outside the building, armed SWAT team members stationed themselves next to the small crowd gathered there. Some neighbors were upset that the public wasn't allowed to take part in the meeting.

"It's just crazy, they have clergy up there that's not even from this community," said Henry Todd.

But Fulop said the clergy offered constructive input.

"Those people are not people coming here just to make noise and stir the pot," he said. "They're there looking for solutions."

Fulop said Santiago will be promoted to the rank of detective and receive the department's Medal of Honor. The promotion and ceremony will happen at his wake Thursday. His funeral is scheduled for Friday.

Gov. Christie ordered flags be flown at half-staff Wednesday in his honor.

Companies connecting riders with drivers may be to thank for a recent decrease in drunk driving in Philadelphia.

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A local tech officer, Nate Good, looked at data from Philadelphia's Uniform Crime Reporting system and found a decrease in reports of people driving under the influence in the city. The decrease in DUI's coincided with the introduction of ride share services like Uber and Side Car.

According to Good's analysis of the data, the average number of DUI's per month in Philadelphia decreased by 11 percent between April and December, 2013; the number of DUI's among drivers under the age of 30 saw an even higher decrease of 18.5 percent.

Three major ride share services, Uber Black, Side Car, and UberX had begun operating in the city during the same months. The companies provide technology that allows riders to request and pay for transportation using cellular phone applications.

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A spokesman for Uber, Taylor Bennett, said a reduction in drunk driving in cities across the country is an unintended but welcomed benefit of the company's ride share services.

"Uber started really just to connect riders and drivers. A byproduct of that, as we've seen, are these incredible social and economic impacts that we're seeing in different cities," he said.

"It's a very seamless and convenient way to get transportation on demand. You don't have to go stand on a corner at two in the morning waiting for a taxi and fumbling around for cash."

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Bennett suggested that ride share services may also contribute to a reduction in taxi cab related crimes and robberies.

Earlier this month, Uber launched a campaign with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Through the partnership, Uber will donate $1 to MADD for every ride taken with the company in an effort to prevent drunk driving.

Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick said the company's services directly contributed to a decrease in drunk driving in Seattle.

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"For years we have heard anecdotally that riders rely on Uber instead of drinking and driving – and now we’re able to measure the impact that choice has on DUI rates," Kalanick said in a recent press release.

"Our analysis in Seattle shows a 10-percent reduction in DUI rates since Uber entered the market, and we are excited for the ways this partnership will continue to spread the word about the importance of making a safe choice – and taking Uber."

MADD National President Jan Withers cited Uber as an "easy, reliable and affordable" alternative to driving impaired.

Uber plans to release an analysis of the company's impact on drunk driving in Philly later this week.

Friends and former colleagues of 23-year-old recent Art Institute of Philadelphia graduate Laura Araujo say she was a kindhearted individual with a passion for education and serving others.

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"She was an amazing person; a very kind soul," Araujo's friend Neelam said.

Neelam met Araujo in late 2011. Araujo was then rooming with one of Neelam's friends.

Over the course of their six-month friendship, Neelam says she spent many days talking with Araujo about exploring the world and all of the many possibilities that laid before her.

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"She was one of my most cherished friends when I came to the U.S. We would sit in the park and chat about the world and philosophies for the longest times," she said.

"She was a very promising lady. I'm not sure what to think right now. I'm still trying to come to terms with it."

Araujo's body was discovered in front of an abandoned house on the 2200 block of North 3rd Street in the Kensington section of the city on Monday. Police say she had been beaten and strangled. She was found with her hands and feet bound, and her body had been put in a trash bag, wrapped in a blanket and stuffed in a duffel bag.

Former colleagues say they cannot begin to imagine why the young grad became the victim of such a brutal crime.

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According to a profile on LinkedIn, Araujo had a passion for poverty alleviation, education, and economic empowerment. Her support for several of social causes was evident by her involvement in a number of community organizations.

Araujo was born and raised in New York City, but she lived with family in Oklahoma for several years. While in Oklahoma, she volunteered for the Bethel Foundation, a faith-based organization dedicated to helping single mothers.

Bethel Foundation founder Lynda Powell said she was shocked to learn of Araujo's death.

"When I heard this I was stunned because she was the sweetest, kindest young lady that had a heart for single mothers and their children," Powell said. "She was just a beautiful young lady. I remember thinking of how young she was and how big her heart was."

Araujo previously worked as a tutor teaching English as a second language for the Providence Center here in Philadelphia, and as a Youth/Christian outreach representative for the discipleship training program Master's Commission of Atlanta.

She also served as an intern for Philadelphia Style Magazine from the end of September to the end of November, 2013. A spokesman for the publication remembered Araujo as a hard worker who contributed to the success of several large sales and marketing events.

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"She was really a great part of the team. She was very eager to learn, very punctual; she had a real thirst for learning," a spokesman said. "So, for us, this is a great loss and a tragedy."

The magazine tweeted condolences to Araujo's friends and family early Wednesday:

Our thoughts are with Laura Araujo's family & friends at this time. We were lucky to have her as an intern during our late fall semester.

— Philly Style Mag (@phillystylezine) July 16, 2014

A Director at the Master's Commission of Atlanta, Jordan Marcon, took to Facebook to express his sympathy:

Philadelphia police say they now have a person of interest in custody in connection to Araujo's murder.

Two teenagers are in the hospital after two gunmen opened fire at a rec center in the West Oak Lane section of the city on Wednesday.

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Police say the unidentified gunmen fired at least eleven shots around 4:45 p.m. at the Simons Rec Center on the 1600 block of Walnut Lane. Around 50 people, mostly teens and children, were at the rec center at the time. 

An 18-year-old man was struck in the groin while a 19-year-old man was struck in the thigh. Police say the two gunmen, one wearing a white t-shirt and the other a black t-shirt, left the scene on foot.

A witness, who did not want to be identified, told NBC10 he was astonished to watch the gunmen walk away calmly despite the chaos.

"The guy that I guess was the shooter came down the steps," the man said. "He put the gun in his belt, pulled his shirt over the gun and walked down the street."

Both victims were taken to Einstein Hospital. The 18-year-old is currently in critical condition while the 19-year-old is in stable condition.

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No arrests have been made in the shooting. Police have not yet released physical descriptions of the gunmen. Police say surveillance video from the neighborhood may have captured the suspects leaving the scene.

If you have any information on the shooting, please call Philadelphia Police.