Beverly Hills police are searching for two “persons of interest” – a man and a woman – in the shooting of Scott Ruffalo, the hairstylist brother of actor Mark Ruffalo.

The pair, identified as Brian Scofield and Shaha Mishaal Adham (photos below), are both wanted for questioning in the attempted murder, police announced Thursday.

Shortly after 1 a.m. Monday, Beverly Hills police responded to assist a person who fell on North Palm Drive, outside the condo where Scott Ruffalo lived.

Officers discovered that the victim, Ruffalo, 39, had been shot in the head.

According to sources, Ruffalo is in very serious condition at a Los Angeles hospital, where he has been regularly visited by his brother Mark.

Anyone with information about either Scofield or Adham is asked to call Beverly Hills police at 310-288-2656

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Actor Mark Ruffalo’s younger brother Scott was gunned down at his home in an execution-style attack, according to new reports.

Scott Ruffalo, 39, was reportedly found with a gunshot wound to the back of the head on Monday (01Dec08) and remains in a critical condition in intensive care at a Los Angeles-area hospital.

According to the New York Post, hairdresser Ruffalo was at his condo in a middle-class Los Angeles neighbourhood when the shooting took place at 1.30am.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Tony Lee tells the New York Daily News there was “suspicious activity” at the location.

He adds, “If there was a shooting, our detectives would investigate whether it was homicidal, accidental or suicidal. We haven’t pinpointed anything yet.”

Mark Ruffalo’s spokesperson Jessica Kolstad said the actor is with his brother, adding, “I don’t have any further comment because there is an ongoing police investigation.”

Scott Ruffalo is married to fellow hairdresser, Luzelena Ruffalo, and is stepdad to her daughter, Lucinda.

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Mark Ruffalo’s brother, a hairstylist named Scott, “is clinging to life” after he was shot in the head in Beverly Hills earlier this week, Entertainment Tonight reports.

Police are currently investigating, according to ET.

Sources tell ET that the Ruffalo family “is being very supportive of each other during this family tragedy.”

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Mark Ruffalo has ”all but signed a final contract” to star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in director Martin Scorsese’s drama Shutter Island, an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s 2004 novel, for Paramount and Columbia.

Ruffalo will play a U.S. Marshal who along with his new partner (DiCaprio) travels to a Massachusetts island to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane. While there, they get hit by a hurricane and trapped in a violent inmate riot.

Writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis (Pathfinder) penned the adaptation and will executive produce with Lehane and Louis Phillips. Scorsese’s Sikelia Prods. and DiCaprio’s Appian Way will also produce along with Phoenix Pictures. Shooting is scheduled to start in March.

Ruffalo will next star opposite Julianne Moore in Fernando Meirelles’ Blindness for Miramax and alongside Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz in Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom for Summit Entertainment.

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Gonna see it…you had me at Leonardo Dicaprio. BUT Dennis Lehane movies are insanely depressing!! I have learned my lesson with Gone, Baby Gone. Bring tissue.

It was a pre-Halloween treat for Mark Ruffalo and his wife Sunrise Coigney: The couple have welcomed a daughter, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

The girl was born in Los Angeles. No other details were available.

This is the third child for Ruffalo, 39, and his wife, 34. The couple also have son Keen, 6, and daughter Bella, 2.

Ruffalo and Coigney, the owner of the L.A. Boutique Kaviar and Kind, wed in 2000. The actor is currently starring in the film Reservation Road opposite Joaquin Phoenix.

Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, and Amanda Peet will star together in the Brian Goodman-directed autobiographical crime drama Real Men Cry for Yari Film Group.

The story is about childhood friends Paulie (Hawke) and Brian (Ruffalo) who are forced to survive on the streets of South Boston through a life of petty thievery. They join a local gang of criminals, but Brian struggles to cope with his work while maintaining a relationship with Paulie, his wife (Peet), and his son.

The project marks Goodman’s feature directorial debut. He previously acted in a number of films, including Munich and The Last Castle. Ruffalo’s character is based on a friend of Goodman’s who is currently serving 100 years in prison for armed robbery. Goodman himself also served time in prison and has struggled with drug and alcohol abuse.

”I sat down with Mark and Ethan and told them, ‘You are two on a very short list of men who could’ve been in films 35 years ago, when men were men,”’ Goodman said. Ruffalo next appears in Blindness, Margaret, and The Brothers Bloom. Hawke appears in Tonight at Noon and Daybreakers. Peet next appears in Martian Child.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love Mark Ruffalo?

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