Authorities in neighboring Richland County are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting of an Olney man late last week. Reports indicate that Olney City Police and the Richland County Sheriffs Department responded to the intersection of Richland and Monroe Streets in Olney Friday just before midnight CDT to a call of shots fired where they discovered 41 year old Christopher Laird wounded. He was taken to Carle Richland Memorial Hospital and later died there. The Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) Unit was called in to assist in the investigation. Police do initially say that the shooting appears to be an isolated incident. No other information is being released.