Alerts went out to high schoolers in Coatestville, Chester County after a 16-year-old was robbed and sexually assaulted on a popular trail that many students use to get to school.

The Coatesville Area Senior High Complex sent text alerts out after police in Caln Township issued warnings to area schools, suggesting students be cautious in the area. The trail is used as a shortcut between the school complex and neighborhoods.

The teen, whose gender is not being disclosed, was attacked Wednesday between 8 and 10 a.m. along the wooded trail north of the intersection of 11th Avenue and Foundry Street. The victim was treated and released from Paoli Hospital.

Police urged schools and the general population to be on alert in that area.

The attacker is described as being in his early 30s, 5’9” with a thin build. He has short, curly hair and a mustache. He was wearing a plain black hoodie, blue jeans, dark-colored shoes and a watch on his left wrist.

Police released a sketch of the man Friday and are asking anyone with information to contact Investigator James Lippolis at 610-383-1821 or to call 911.
 

After a week of emotional and sometimes disturbing testimony, a detective’s story of being cussed out by a talking bird named Marty, brought laughter to the courtroom in the Philadelphia rape and kidnap trial of Christina Regusters.

A tip about the macaw parrot became the pivotal break in the investigation, leading to Reguster’s arrest one month after the five-year-old girl she’s accused of abducting and assaulting, was found alive shivering in a park.

Under cross-examination, Special Victims Unit Detective Daniel O’Malley recalled searching the home where Regusters lived and hearing Marty, a two-foot tall green, yellow and red parrot.

"It's (the bird is) very loud. I don’t remember the words, but it was cursing us out. I imagine you could hear it throughout the neighborhood," said O'Malley.

Earlier this week, the victim's mother testified the little girl was told to be quiet after the kidnapping or the bird would peck her eyes out. Silent she stayed, naked under a bed for 19-hours, repeatedly sexually assaulted with a sharp object before being removed from the home with plastic bags on her feet. 

O'Malley was assigned to the case in late January, 2013 -- two weeks after the Bryant Elementary School kindergartner was abducted from her daycare, where Regusters worked.

O'Malley testified that a tip call came in one day from a woman who said she overheard a family member speak of a bird associated with the crime. She told O'Malley that after some detective work of her own, she discovered two women were living with a bird in the 6200 block of Walton Street. At that time, news of the bird was not made public. 

With that tip and some additional investigation, police acquired a search warrant for 6243 Walton Street where Regusters lived with three other people -- an aunt, cousin and the aunt's boyfriend. Investigators first searched the home on February 7 and during the second search a week later, the bird and other evidence were removed from the home and Regusters, along with two other members of the house were taken in for questioning. Regusters remains the sole person charged in the case.

Police focused their investigation on the Cobbs Creek neighborhood where the girl was abducted on Jan. 14, 2013 because the victim was eventually able to recall being told to throw away her coat and book bag in a nearby trash can in the 6200 block of Larchwood and that a grill and socks were located behind the abductor's home. During her captivity, she was kept under a bed, naked and blindfolded. According to prosecutors, the victim told police she heard a large talking bird and was told, "If you scream, that bird will peck your eyes out."

Marty is considered key evidence in the case.

"We had to put the bird in a foster home. We couldn't keep it at the special victim's unit," with other evidence, explained prosecutor Jessalyn Gillum.

The morning after her abduction, the girl was found shivering and smelling of feces in an Upper Darby playground where she'd been dumped in only a t-shirt. Injuries to her body were so severe, multiple surgeries, including a colostomy, were required.

Regusters maintains her innocence and turned down a deal that included 40 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea. Her attorney contends prosecutors have the wrong person, despite the introduction of DNA evidence on the T-shirt the child was wearing when she was found.

The victim and her mother both testified this week and when the prosecution rests, Regusters is expected to take the stand in her own defense.

Earlier in the day, juror number 14 was excused from the trial due to a family emergency. Court is in recess until after the Labor Day holiday.

Contact Sarah Glover at 610-668-5580, sarah.glover@nbcuni.com or follow @skyphoto on Twitter.

Officials have cordoned off an area by 18th and Chestnut streets after discovering a bag of money with an exploded dye in a nearby alleyway.

A man robbed the M&T Bank located on the 100 block of South 18th Street in Rittenhouse Square using pepper spray around 2:30 p.m., according to police.

The suspect was wearing a black baseball cap, a ski mask and white cargo pants, according to authorities.

Investigators said he was last seen heading eastbound towards 17th Street.

Police said they recovered a substantial amount of money on the 1700 block of Stock Exchange.

Stay with NBC10 for more on this developing story.

The intersection of Knights and Street Roads in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is the most dangerous intersection in the United States according to a report by TIME magazine.

But township and state officials believe the declaration is simply not true.

On Thursday, TIME published an analysis of federal traffic fatality data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The magazine said it took GPS coordinates, looked for deadly crashes that happened within 150 feet of each other and then narrowed those down to ones that were at road crossings.

Their report found that seven fatal crashes happened at Knights and Street Roads over the past 10 years.

One of those deadly crashes took place in June 2008 when a black Pontiac Firebird ran down two men crossing Street Road before speeding off. NBC10 reported at that time that a man died and the other was critically hurt.

In addition to the intersection, the magazine also looked at crashes for a one-mile stretch of Street Road. Those numbers are even more alarming. TIME reported 144 crashes resulting in 170 injuries or deaths took place over a two year period ending in 2008, when a state audit of the road was conducted.

This led TIME to declare the intersection the most dangerous in the United States.

Despite the numbers, Bensalem Township Public Safety Director Fred Harran says he’s not buying the grim distinction.

“I certainly don’t think this is the most ‘dangerous’ intersection. I find that extremely hard to believe,” Bensalem Public Safety Director Fred Harran tells NBC10. “We’re number one in a lot of areas, but this is not one of them.”

The roadways are each four lanes, plus turning lanes, and meet on an angle. They also have pedestrian crosswalks, but Harran says they’re not always used.

“We do have a lot of problems where people are too lazy to cross at the intersection’s crosswalk and they cross in the middle of the roadway,” he said citing this as a reason for the higher number of injuries along the roads.

Just today, SkyForce10 caught a woman veering out of the crosswalk as she walked through the intersection.

The area is also very congested with traffic traveling north from the Franklin Mills Mall, just a mile away, and east and west from both Interstate 95 and U.S. 1. Several restaurant chains, big box stores and a gas station bound the intersection as well.

Harran says the opening of Parx Casino, in 2006, has also caused traffic to skyrocket -- specifically on Street Road. The intersection sits about a mile east of the casino’s entrance.

Bensalem Police increased enforcement in the area over the past few years, but Harran says they can’t stop everyone from jaywalking.

Harran also believes the inclusion of the mile-long Street Road crash data in the TIME report amounts to comparing apples to oranges.

Street Road is a state highway for its full length, while Knights Road is state-controlled from the Philadelphia county line to the intersection, which sees 54,000 vehicles a day travel through it. Both are policed by Bensalem Township.

PennDOT spokesman Eugene Blaum says the agency doesn't agree with TIME's report either.

"It’s misleading because these crashes each have their own specific set of circumstances," he said.

PennDOT data that showed six people, not seven, were killed at the intersection over the 10 year period.

Worse, Blaum said, was the reporting on the Street Road crashes. According to PennDOT, of the 170 injuries or deaths TIME reported, three were fatalities. He added that 85 of the injuries had either an unknown severity or number of injuries.

The time period cited was also incorrect, Blaum said. He said the crashes happened over a three year span, not two.

More recently, Blaum says there were three fatal crashes over the past five years along that part of Street Road. There were no fatalities in 2010, 2012 or 2013, according to the PennDOT data.

Blaum says officials feel that one death is too many and that improvements to the intersection and roads have and continue to be made.

Two upcoming projects -- one starting in October and another going out for bid later in the year -- will resurface six miles of Street Road from I-95 to Buselton Pike, which includes the Knights Road intersection. Along with the resurfacing will come new curb reflectors and rumble strips, Blaum said.

The second project will add new traffic signaling systems that track traffic flow in real-time and can change signals to cut back on aggressive driving, according to Blaum. New pedestrian countdown timers will also be added.

NBC10 reached out to NHTSA to inquire about the data used in the TIME report. A spokesperson said they’re not sure how the analysis was conducted and couldn't comment.

A TIME spokesperson also did not have comment.

Contact Vince Lattanzio at 610.668.5532, vince.lattanzio@nbcuni.com or follow @VinceLattanzio on Twitter.

A tourist visiting Philadelphia for the Made in America music festival will leave the City of Brotherly Love a changed man after Philly Jesus ‘baptized’ him in LOVE Park's fountain.*

"This is not the first baptism I did at the fountain," said 28-year-old Michael Grant, who is often referred to as Philly Jesus, or PJ. "I do it everyday. ... like in a 6-hour day in LOVE Park, I probably baptize six or seven people."

Thirty-year-old Dennis Herrera, of Staten Island, New York, spotted Grant -- dressed in a white robe and staff in hand -- while passing through LOVE Park Friday afternoon on his way to the Philadelphia Museum of Art from his hotel.

“He said to jump in the water,” Herrera said. “I said, ‘Hey, when in Rome.’”

Or...Center City.

Herrera is in town for the weekend with his girlfriend and brother, who captured the encounter on video.

“He gave me a little sermon,” said Herrera, who added he introduced himself to Grant so he could snap a funny photo. “I said, ‘Hey, big groupie, can I get a selfie with you?”

Grant, a recovering drug addict, embraced Jesus in his efforts to maintain his sobriety.

He has been sober since June 4, 2013.

"I considered myself completely healed and cured when I surrendered my heart to Jesus Christ," he said.

While some may be offended by Grant's actions, he said the public "baptism" shows one's love of Jesus.

"It is you making the conscious decision as an adult," he explained. "Jesus said anyone who acknowledges me in public, I will also acknowledge before my father and the holy angels in heaven."

Grant led Herrera by the hand through the fountain before dipping his head beneath the water.

“When he dipped me back, it felt weird in a way,” Herrera said. “It felt like my body just dropped.”

The 220-pound man said Grant did not drop him, but he isn’t sure exactly how or why he fell to the water and then dashed out of the fountain.

“It looks like I really passed out, but I feel fine,” Herrera said. “When I got up on the floor, my first thought was run.”

The Staten Island man said he was baptized in a church as a child, but has not attended mass in about six months. “I’m not the best practicing Catholic,” he admitted.

Herrera -- unaware of the attention Grant has received in recent months – said he has a lot of respect for Philly Jesus after learning his story.

“After I looked at the video and saw how sincere he was with his faith,” he said. “I respected him for it."

As Herrera takes in other sites throughout the city, Philly Jesus will be in his usual spot in LOVE Park.

"Repent," Grant said. "Come to the fountain to be baptized for the forgiveness of sin in the name of Jesus Christ."

*An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the fountain's location as the Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Circle.

Contact Alison Burdo at 610.668.5635, alison.burdo@nbcuni.com or follow @NewsBurd on Twitter.

A grenade launcher, mortar launcher and rifles from World War I were swiped from a local veterans organization in West Philadelphia Tuesday.

Burglars entered the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on the 5200 block of Race Street Tuesday -- the one day each week the VFW is closed -- through a rear window, ransacked the place and then took off with about a dozen weapons, according to officials.

"It was in total disarray," said Glenn Cuff, VFW quartermaster. "Our veterans, these people gave the government a blank check. 'You can take my life if necessary, I will defend this country.' And this is how you repay them."

This is the second time in the past three months the post, which has operated out of the West Philly location since 1935, had problems with crime, Cuff said.

The building was vandalized earlier this summer, he said.

"That you would do this to veterans," he said. "That's what hurts."

Police said they are analyzing fingerprints lifted from the crime scene.

Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to contact police.

A man fought for his life overnight after being shot up to nine times along a Philadelphia street.

Philadelphia Police responded to the unit block of N Edgewood Street in West Philadelphia around 11 p.m. Friday to find a 34-year-old man suffering from eight to nine gunshots wounds to his torso and legs.

Medics rushed the victim to the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania where he remained in critical condition Saturday morning.

While the victim fought for his life, police arrested someone in connection to the shooting. Investigators didn’t release any details about the suspect or who he or she was captured.

After a summer full of family vacations and road trips, a bridge repair project is coming to the Philadelphia area with major plans to be completed before the onset of another potentially snowy winter.

The construction will be to repair bridges that carry Spring Garden Street over the Schuylkill Expressway (Intestate 76), Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, the Schuylkill River and the Schuylkill River Trail.

Starting Thursday, the right travel lane on the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-76 between Spring Garden Street and 30th Street will be closed starting at 10 p.m. for barrier placement. The lanes will reopen Friday, Sept. 5 at 5 a.m. but the stretch of road will remain without a shoulder through late November for overhead bridge work.

Also during that time, trucks 30 feet and longer will not be able to use the Spring Garden Street exit on I-76 and instead will be detoured.

If you're driving from 31st to Eakins Oval only one lane of traffic will be able to get through in either direction on the south side of the bridge and left turn lanes will be removed for Thursday and Friday from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Some of the construction efforts for the bridge "face lifts" include replacing the bridge expansion joints and bearings, as well as improving drainage.

The work planned for Spring Garden Street will be done one half at a time to allow at least one lane to be open while repairs are taking place. PennDOT says at least one side of the sidewalk will also remain open so pedestrians are kept safe.

This $6.6-million bridge rehabilitation project is expected to be completed by next summer.

The Labor Day Weekend crush of guests led to a Jersey Shore beach turning away beachgoers by midday Saturday.

Park management closed the gates at Island Beach State Park around noon.

Park officials told NBC10 that they were forced to close the gates of after all 1,800 parking spaces at the Ocean County beach became occupied. At that point, management considers the beach to be at full capacity.

On the public beach’s website, park management warns of potential closures warning for people to get to the beach early – the gates opened at 7 a.m. Saturday.

“This is a fairly common occurrence during summer weekends and holidays so be sure to plan accordingly,” reads the website.

The beach charges $10 for New Jersey residents and $20 for other visitors per car during the Labor Day Weekend.
 

The PECO Energy Company has received hundreds of calls Saturday from residents in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties about a gas odor in the area.

More than 900 separate calls were placed to PECO between late morning and 9:30 p.m., according to officials for the energy company.

Workers with the utility company and firefighters responded to the area, but neither crew has detected gas -- indicating there are no leaks, according to authorities.

There may be a problem with their "system odorizers," which is a piece of equipment that puts a smell into the naturally odorless gas, according to information PECO provided Montgomery County officials.

It is unclear why residents are detecting the scent across such a large region, PECO officials said.

The investigation is continuing and authorities urge PECO customers to call 1-800-841-4141 if they smell gas.

A man was shot leaving a Wilmington restaurant early Saturday morning.

An unidentified male pulled out a handgun after approaching a vehicle that was sitting in the parking lot of the Caribbean Delight Restaurant on the 1000 block of Market Street around 3:50 a.m., according to police.

This suspect fired several rounds into the car, striking a 25-year-old man who was sitting in the backseat, authorities said.

The driver of the vehicle rushed the shooting victim to a local hospital, according to officials. No word on his condition.

Anyone with information about the crime or the suspect is urged to contact Delaware State Police's tipline at 1-800-TIP-3333.

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A limousine crossed over the center line of Route 49, causing a crash that flipped over a SUV and killed its driver.

Mario Carlo Jr. was killed when his 2004 Honda CR-V spun out and flipped on Route 49 near 2nd Avenue in Tuckahoe Cape May County around 12:45 p.m. -- moments after a Mercedes Sprinter Limousine bus crossed the center line of the roadway and struck the man's vehicle, according to police.

The driver of a navy blue 2004 Honda CR-V, which was heading westbound, tried to exit the roadway once the eastbound  limo started traveling towards oncoming traffic, according to authorities.

The limo struck the driver's side of the CR-V, causing both vehicles to spin out and overturning the SUV, authorities said.

Medics transported the limo driver, who suffered minor injuries, to Shore Memorial Hospital.

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A 14-year-old girl is on life support and four other teenager girls are recovering after a pickup truck crossed a median and set off a chain-reaction wreck along a South Jersey roadway.

A 2008 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Nicholas Gareffi, 39, of Vineland, crossed the center line of Route 40 (Harding Highway) near Pittsburgh Avenue in Hamilton Township around 8:45 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

His truck then headed into oncoming traffic traveling westbound -- slamming into a box truck, which collided with a 2011 Volkswagon Jetta with five teenage girls inside, according to investigators.

The Chevy ran off the roadway, struck several trees and caught fire, police said. Meanwhile the force of the wreck pushed the Jetta onto a nearby lawn.

All five of the Jetta's passengers-- athletes for Mainland Regional High School -- were heading to a charity soccer game when the crash occurred, according to school officials.

"They were on a mission," said Robert Previti, interim superintendent of Mainland Regional High School District. "A soccer tournament to go help someone else."

The Jetta’s driver Madelyn Williscroft, 18, of Linwood, suffered moderate to severe injuries. One of her passengers, 14-year-old Aisling Cooke, sustained serious injuries and was medivaced to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Division. Three other students in the car were also hurt.

Cooke remains hospitalized on life support Saturday.

Williscroft and  the three other students were evaluated at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center and released to their parents, according to Previti.

"One remains in critical condtion," Previti said. "Please keep the entire Mainland Community in your thoughts and prayers."

The box truck’s driver Darrel Jacobs, 48, of Vineland, was taken to the hospital for observation. Gareffi wasn’t hurt, according to police.

Police closed Route 40 for about two hours Saturday as they investigated.

No summonses were immediately issued and the investigation is ongoing, officers said.

Nearly 200 people -- both students and parents -- showed up at Mainland Regional High School Saturday afternoon for a prayer service after learning about the crash.

The wreck comes two years after a fatal car wreck took the lives of four Mainland football players.

In Aug. 2011, 17-year-old Casey Brenner lost control while driving an SUV and crashed into a roadway median, police said. The accident killed Brenner, 16-year-old Edgar Bozzi, 15-year-old Dean Khourty and 16-year-old Nicholas Conner.

"That scar tissue is very deep," Previti said. "It never heals, it never loses consciousness. Now we have another we're going to deal with."

A New Jersey firefighter is facing arson charges after investigators linked him to a blaze at an abandoned auto body shop.

Police arrested 43-year-old Robert Campolongo, of Delanco, Thursday in connection with the Aug. 17 fire at Mortland's Auto Body on the 400 block of North Pavilion Avenue in Riverside, Burlington County.

Authorities took Campolongo into custody Thursday after spotting him driving his vehicle despite having a suspended license, according to reports.

The suspect, who is a member of the Riverside Fire Company, is being held  on a second degree arson charge at Burlington County Jail on $100,000 bail.

Detectives collected surveillance images of the blaze and questioned witnesses as part of the investigation.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the Riverside Police Dept. at 856-461-8820.

Fire broke out overnight in a popular Italian restaurant in Delaware County.

Flames broke out around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the Bertucci’s on Baltimore Pike in Springfield, Pennsylvania, according to county fire dispatchers.

Bertucci’s general manager Matthew Hannon said that an employee noticed a wall buckling inside the restaurant shortly after closing so they called the fire department.

Firefighters found fire in the wall and quickly brought it under control.

Hannon said that there was no structural damage to the restaurant but that the restaurant would be closed Sunday for repairs.

No word yet on when the eatery will reopen for business.

A bar argument spread into the parking lot and ended in a hit-and-run that left four people hurt.

A sports utility vehicle slammed into the group of people as they left Redz Bar & Grill in the Pennypack Shopping Center along Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia’s Rhawnhurst section early Sunday.

Investigators say the SUV driver intentionally ran down the victims after an argument inside.

As the group of four people left the bar around closing time, the black SUV crashed into them in the parking lot out front of Redz.

After the crash, the SUV sped off leaving four people hurt. Medics rushed the victims to the hospital with undisclosed injuries.

Anyone who knows any information is asked to contact Philadelphia Police.

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Stockpiling unwanted items somewhere in your house, putting a price sticker on everything, getting the word out there and haggling over a glass vase you think is worth the $5 tag you thoughtfully priced it as.

Many know this as the hassle of a yard sale. Sometimes yard sales can be very profitable and families manage to get rid of things they don’t use anymore. Often times though yard sales can be tiring and the profit doesn't match the time put into organizing the event. This is why Facebook yard sales have become so appealing.

Erin Angiolillo-Smith, the administrator for a Downingtown yard sale group says it’s “shopping from home.” She explained with most Facebook yard sales you take a picture of the item you want to sell, post it with an asking price on the site and you can essentially “forget about it” until you get a notification that someone is "interested."

You can even post the items to Facebook from your smartphone.

As a stay-at-home mom this allows her as well as other women and men to make money on the side without the stress that comes with a traditional yard sale.

Since Smith took over the site last winter there has been significant growth. When she first joined there were around 3,000 members. Now, there are nearly 11,000 members and the site gets between 75 to 100 new requests each day that she and the other site administrator screen on a regular basis.

Some Facebook users that frequent these sites have even turned the online groups into a hobby by buying any old furniture pieces that are posted, fixing them up and then re-selling them on the site.

Other popular items include baby toys and kids’ clothes, some sites even being strictly devoted to these kinds of products.

Tim Sweeney, a site administrator of a Lansdale yard sale group on the other hand was tired of seeing all the baby clothes and strollers posted on other groups.

In May he created a site for men’s items only and today the group has more than 650 members.

Sweeney says women are allowed to be members of the group too but all the items posted have to be considered “manly.”

“If you post high heels we’re going to take it off.”

People will often sell fishing equipment, cars and engines of any kind.

Members of this site as well as other yard sale groups can also post “ISO” which means that they are “in search of” something whether it be a lawn mower or a picnic table. Potential buyers can now specify what they’re looking for and wait to see if anyone is willing to sell.

People can belong to multiple yard sale groups but it’s important to keep in mind that most are based on location. Most of the sites have the location right in the group name being either a town or encompassing multiple counties.

It’s helpful to read a site’s description before requesting to join. This way you can be clear on how exchanges are coordinated. In most groups the buyer assumes the responsibility of picking up the item they are purchasing.

Many times the seller may agree to leave the item on their porch called a “PPU” or “porch pick-up” and determine a spot such as under the doormat to leave the payment.

These details though are usually kept private through Facebook message.

Sometimes the seller will agree to meet the buyer half-way at a shopping center parking lot or similar location.

It’s rare for a seller to be willing to drop off the item they are selling to the buyer’s house. However, quite a few members of the yard sale group “People Helping People” do just that.

What makes this site truly unique is that members only post items they are willing to donate to people in need.

Marlo Davis started the group with the motto that “we can’t help everyone but everyone can help someone.”

She admitted the generosity of others has amazed her.

“It’s not me, it’s them.”

Davis said the site has new members every day and she’s constantly answering Facebook messages and requests with the help of two other administrators.

She explained that this site is a lot different than donating to Good Will because people get to see the individual that they are helping and the site like many other yard sale sites has become a community of people.

To ensure people are getting some kind of help that they need one of the site rules is that members are only allowed to claim one free item per day.

"People Helping People" also takes advantage of “ISO” posts and Davis said most people are able to find what they need. One young woman was able to get free dishes for her new apartment.

Now the site is going one step further by organizing challenges to help as many people as possible.

The "Grocery Challenge" posted on the site was prompted because many members were posting “ISOs” for food items.

Some are willing to bring families in need to the grocery store and help them pay for meals.

Others are doing what is being done on all yard sale sites by looking at what you have but don’t use and thinking that maybe someone else would use, want or need this more.

Whether you belong to one of these groups or a similar one know that it’s best practice to use common courtesy.

Occasionally sales fall through or someone that commented on a post showing initial interest may change their mind.

One safeguard against this is that other people who are interested in the item will comment "next" signifying that they are "next in line" if the sale doesn't go through.

The administrators themselves also have the ability to remove people from the group if they see a recurring pattern with certain group members.

All of the administrators are volunteers and the only profit they make is if they post their own item to sell. The rules they put in place are to ensure a comfortable and safe group environment for everyone.

If there's an item you want to sell or a whole closet worth of things you no longer use, there's no need to wait for the annual community yard sale, all you have to do is log onto Facebook.

Philadelphia Police arrested the man who they say shot and killed an electrician just days before his 28th birthday.

Police wouldn’t immediately confirm the identity of the accused gunman but they told NBC10 that they were looking for no other suspects in the Aug. 15 killing of Paul McKernan in the city’s Overbrook section. Officers arrested the suspect Saturday night, according to court records.

McKernan, who hailed from Northeast Philly, died at the hospital less than 30 minutes after he was shot in the throat on the 5500 block of Lansdowne Avenue, according to officials.

"It feels like my heart was ripped out of my chest," said the victim's uncle, Tim McKernan, who helped raise him.

Paul had just exited Lucky Garden where he purchased a few snacks, according to the restaurant's manager. Moments after leaving the restaurant, Paul and another man got into a confrontation, according to officials.

Paul walked away, but the man followed him, pulled a gun and pulled the trigger, according to investigators.

"Paul was a sensitive, caring and strong person," Tim said. "I just don't see how this person could just do what he did to my nephew."

Family and friends laid McKernan to rest last Friday.

Surveillance video from Lucky Garden captured Paul's final moments, but didn't show the shooter.

Police said they pulled footage captured by cameras at other nearby shops and reviewed it as part of their investigation. They didn't reveal if that video helped lead them to an arrest. 

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