Hinesville Police Department detectives are investigating the shooting of two people involved in an altercation Friday afternoon.

According to Detective Kyle Larimore, Hinesville police officers responded to a report of a shooting around 1:30 p.m. on the 700 block of Pixie Lane.  When the officers arrived they found a man and woman each suffering from gunshot wounds.   The man had been shot once in the neck and was transported by medical helicopter to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, while the woman suffered a gunshot wound to the hand and was transported by ambulance to the same facility.

Larimore said while the case is under investigation it appears the couple was injured while involved in an altercation outside their home. No one else was involved.