A 40-year-old Jefferson woman was shot and killed Thursday night by her husband, who after shooting himself remained in critical condition Monday in a Gainesville hospital, authorities said.

The victim was identified as Stephanie Wade Ellis, who according to her Facebook page worked as a registered nurse.

Ellis’ husband, Ron Ellis, remains in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head, according to a Jackson County sheriff’s report.

Deputies were summoned about 9:50 p.m. Thursday to the victim’s home on Preakness Trail, in an upscale subdivision northwest of Jefferson near Pendergrass, according to the report.

The caller, a daughter of the couple, reported that her mother had been shot, Sheriff Janis Mangum said. The couples’ other children were in the house, but only one witnessed the shooting, according to the report.

“There have been previous domestic issues at the house that deputies have answered calls, but for this particular night we don’t know what the argument was about,” Mangum said.

Ron Ellis wrote on his Facebook page that he works for an auto parts outlet.

The shooting occurred in the living room of the home and a pistol was used, the sheriff said.

Ambulances transported both people to the Northeast Georgia Medical Center, where Stephanie Ellis later died, according to Mangum.

Sheriff’s investigators and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are handling the case.