MT STERLING (WGEM) — At 9:20 Friday night Mt. Sterling Police and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 400 block of East Chestnut Street in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, in response to a shooting.

Police at the scene said they found a deceased woman, identified as 44-year-old Rebecca Niewohner, and a man, 39-year-old John Dean, suffering from what looked like a gunshot wound to the face. He was transported to the Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Illinois, before being transferred to a hospital in Springfield , Illinois.

Mt. Sterling Police said they’re working with the Illinois State Police on an on-going investigation into the case.