UPDATE | Authorities: One dead, another in critical condition after shooting in Woodvale | News

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — One man is dead and another person is in critical condition following a shooting early Tuesday morning in the Woodvale neighborhood of Johnstown, officials said.

Cambria County District Attorney Greg Neugebauer said three people were shot in an apparent “targeted” shooting on Plum Street.

“It was no coincidence,” he said.

In a separate investigation, two people were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of selling drugs from a home in the 600 block of Plum Street in Woodvale. Federal authorities had been investigating suspected drug activity at the home since April, according to court documents.

Neugebauer confirmed that the address matched the location where the shooting was reported.

However, he said Tuesday afternoon it was too early to speculate whether the federal drug case was connected to the fatal shooting.

“This is a separate federal case,” he said of the drug charges.

‘Asked for help’

Shortly after shots were fired on Plum Street, a person at the scene began driving injured people toward the hospital, Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees said. But they didn’t get far before they spotted firefighters.

“They stopped first responders on Maple Avenue and asked for help,” Lees said.

A man in his 20s, whose name was not released pending notification of his relatives, was pronounced dead shortly after midnight Tuesday after emergency responders began rendering aid on Maple Avenue, Lees said.

Another person is being treated for “very serious injuries,” while a third person is recovering from comparatively minor injuries, Neugebauer said.

Neugebauer would not say whether Johnstown police have yet identified a person suspected of misdemeanor crimes in connection with the shooting, but said a state police canine unit has been called in to assist.

“There are a few people we would like to talk to,” he said.

Neugebauer said Johnstown police collected evidence on both Plum Street and Maple Avenue, two blocks away.

This includes the vehicle used to transport the victims from the scene of the accident, he said.

There is evidence that the vehicle and a house on Plum Street were hit by gunfire, Neugebauer said.

In addition, a firearm and numerous cartridge cases were seized, he said.

Lees said his office is expected to release more information about the shooting on Wednesday after the autopsy is completed, which was still ongoing Tuesday evening.

Neugebauer said Johnstown police, Cambria County detectives and the Cambria County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the shooting and following up on leads with assistance from the state Attorney General’s Office.

Anyone with information that could help investigators was asked to call Johnstown police at the Cambria County non-emergency number, 814-472-2100.

“Seemingly insignificant information can actually be enough to solve a case,” said Neugebauer.

Those details could increase the credibility of another informant’s information or help justify a search warrant, he said generally.

“This happened in the early hours of the morning. If anyone heard or saw anything, please call,” said Neugebauer.

Arrests for drug offenses

According to court documents, Che Rose and Jessica Wilson were taken into custody in the federal drug case on Tuesday.

An FBI agent with the Southwest Pennsylvania Safe Streets Task Force alleged in an affidavit that Rose and Wilson were involved in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine and other controlled substances in and around Johnstown.

The FBI reportedly learned that Rose and Wilson were selling large quantities of crack cocaine from their home on Plum Street.

The affidavit alleges that six controlled buys of crack cocaine, heroin or fentanyl were made from Rose and Wilson in April and May, and details two alleged controlled drug buys at the Plum Street home.

Online court documents show that Rose has been convicted of drug offenses at least twice – most recently in 2014 for selling crack cocaine in 2009.

According to court records, he spent 10 years in prison before being released last year and is currently on probation.