Man Killed After Posting BMW for Sale Online

An eastern Pennsylvania man is facing homicide charges in connection with the death of a man who was selling his car online.

Police said 27-year-old Tyrell Young of Reading has been charged in the fatal shooting of 41-year-old Eric Ervin of Coopersburg.

Ervin was found dead of a gunshot wound Tuesday in an Allentown trailer that housed his auto detailing business.

The victim's girlfriend told police that he had been talking to a man about his Craigslist ad listing his 2003 silver BMW 745i for sale.

Police checked Ervin's phone records and used a satellite trace to find the cell phone.

That led them to the car, and Young.

Young is charged with homicide, robbery, theft and a weapons charge.

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