The Merced County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the homicide of a man found shot to death at a Hilmar restaurant Sunday night.

The deceased was identified by the sheriff’s department as Jasper Gray, 38.

The sheriff’s department has identified Dominick Jeffery Rufo, 29, as a person of interest in the case and he is wanted for questioning.

The department also is seeking Brandy Ashlyn Bettencourt-Costa, 32. The department said she is wanted for questioning.

Deputies were dispatched to the restaurant on Lander Avenue in Hilmar at 7:15 p.m. for a report of a shooting.

Gray was found at the scene dead from a gunshot wound.

Investigators would like to speak with any potential witnesses to the shooting.

“We know there were a lot of people here tonight,” said sheriff spokesman Dep. Daryl Allen on Sunday night. “We would like anybody that was in the diner at the time when this happened … to please contact our dispatch.”

If anyone has any information regarding Rufo’s or Bettencourt-Costa’s whereabouts or regarding the homicide investigation, please contact the Merced County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Bureau at (209) 385-7472. Any information given can remain anonymous and could help solve this crime.