EBENSBURG —
West Hills Regional Police continued to search late Friday for two men who robbed a Lower Yoder Township man Thursday night, tied him up and set him on fire.
Police are not releasing the name of the victim, who is believed to be in his 40s.
He was taken to the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh with severe burns, West Hills police Chief Andy Havas said.
The man told police that he was working in his garage in the 100 block of Norton Road when two black men with hoods over their heads entered the garage at about 11 p.m. He said one of the suspects hit him in the back of the head with a handgun.
When the man fell to the floor, they tied him up with an electrical cord and took an undisclosed amount of money.
They then doused him with gasoline and set him afire, Havas said.
The man said he freed himself from the electrical cord, retrieved a garden hose and doused himself with water.
Family members heard the man’s cries for help and called authorities.
Authorities from the state police crime lab in Greensburg processed the scene, Havas said.
Firefighters from Lower Yoder Township were at the scene Thursday night.
Police are unable to recall a similar crime.
“I can’t recall anything this horrific,” Havas said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Cambria County nonemergency number, (800) 281-1680 or West Hills police at 255-4145.
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