A man and a woman were found shot early Friday evening in Brighton, the Jefferson County Sherriff’s Office said.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 3800 block of Banks Street in Brighton around 5:25 p.m. Friday on a report of a person down, the office said.

Deputies found a woman lying in the street and suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.

The injured man was found suffering from an apparent gunshot wound in a room of a nearby house, the sheriff’s office said.

Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service personnel and Advantage EMS transported the victims to local hospitals.

The severity of their injuries was not immediately known.

The case remained under investigation Friday evening.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call the sheriff’s office at 205-325-1450, option 2 or Crime Stoppers at 205-2545-7777.