Pennsylvania

Coroner IDs Sword-Stabbing Victim

A coroner has identified a Pennsylvania man fatally stabbed with a 22-inch sword as state police sought to identify his killer.

Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. says the victim is 37-year-old Tyron Howard.

Howard was found dead in a home at about 1:45 a.m. Thursday in Blairsville, a small town about 45 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Police took items they believed to be drug paraphernalia from the house and have said they had several "persons of interest" but no suspects in the case.

Authorities are saying Howard appears to have been targeted by his killer, and wasn't the victim of a random attack.

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