ELDORADO — The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened late Wednesday night outside of Eldorado.

Sheriff Keith Brown says a call came into central dispatch at 11 p.m. about a man showing up at a home on Dewey Road reporting that he had been shot.

Sheriff’s deputies went to the scene and found 33-year-old Adam Smith of Broughton with a gunshot wound to his neck. He was taken to Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, and then airlifted to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Smith remains in serious condition.

The sheriff says the investigation into the circumstances that led up to the shooting continues. More information will be released once it becomes available.

Illinois State Police and the Eldorado Police Department assisted with the incident.