Morning Roundup: Man in critical condition after East Hills shooting; youth flee Ligonier Valley youth center

Here are a few morning news items from across the region for Monday, June 30:

Man in critical condition after East Hills shooting

A man was shot late Sunday in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood and taken to a hospital in critical condition by Pittsburgh EMS, according to Pittsburgh police.

Officers were dispatched to a home on East Hills Drive around 10:45 p.m. Officers found that the man had gunshot wounds to his back and upper left arm. Neither he nor witnesses were cooperative with investigators.

Police said there were no immediate arrests.

Ligonier Valley police seek teens who fled youth center

Ligonier Valley police Monday afternoon arrested a group of juveniles who absconded from the Outside In School of Experiential Education in Fairfield, according to a post by the department on social media. Police said Sunday they were looking for three to four juveniles.

Outside In offers several youth programs including residential substance abuse treatment, residential juvenile justice and a school, in addition to outpatient services. Juveniles can be court-ordered there or it can act as a youth shelter.

Teen injured in rollover crash near Saltsburg

A 17-year-old boy was taken to a hospital for evaluation Saturday after almost crashing into the Conemaugh River near Saltsburg, state police said in a news release issued Monday.

The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. on the Loyalhanna side of the river after the Nissan Rogue the boy was driving went off Route 981, became airborne, hit a tree and rolled multiple times down a steep embankment, troopers said.

The SUV stopped just feet from the water’s edge where the driver got out. Firefighters from Saltsburg got him in a boat and took him across the river where he was taken by Murrysville Medic One to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville.

The teen sustained minor injuries, police said.