Chester County District Attorney Joseph Carroll -- pictured to the right, wearing the baseball hat, outside the city home where two people were killed last weekend -- has purchased a home in Coatesville.

From Friday's story:

(The property) is in Coatesville's Fifth Ward, which is represented by Democratic City Councilman Martin Eggleston.

Eggleston said he had not spoken with Carroll before or after the district attorney bought the property, but he enthusiastically welcomes him to the neighborhood.

"The more the merrier," Eggleston said. "I love when anyone decides to move into Coatesville. I think that's great."

Though he said Carroll's experience as a crime fighter would help the surrounding blocks, Eggleston bristled at the suggestion that North Eighth Avenue was a bad part of town.

"I wouldn't characterize it at all. I think that's part of the problem, when we characterize this as a good street and that as a bad street," the councilman said. "I just hope the neighborhood welcomes him."

So far, Carroll declined to be interviewed about his plans in the city.