Ā Ā An Alabama couple who disappeared on Valentineās Day werefound dead inside their vehicle on Friday, Birmingham police announcedĀ Saturday.
Christian Norris, 20, and his girlfriend, Angeliyah Webster, also 20, were last seen on Valentineās Day when they left in a white Ford Taurus to go on a date to the movies, police said.
According to police, the couple were reported missing on Thursday. Their vehicle was located less than 24 hours later. Investigators found a man and woman inside the car, dead with apparent gunshot wounds.
In a press release shared with HuffPost, police said preliminary investigation suggest that the couple were both victims of a homicide. No one was in custody as of Saturday.
Missing couple Angeliyah Webster and Christan Tyrese Norris via Birmingham Police Department
āYou ever had your heart just stepped on and [it] went to the bottom of your stomach? Yeah, thatās what that was like,ā Websterās brother Demarco Thomas toldĀ ABC affiliate WBMA, reflecting on the news of his sisterās death.
An investigation is ongoing. The discovery of the two bodies followed another shooting nearby that killed four people just an hour prior.
Police Chief Scott Thurmond addressedĀ the two incidents in a statement,Ā saying, āBirmingham experienced an unfathomable amount of senseless violence.ā
In aĀ statement posted on Facebook, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said one of the two victims last seen on Valentineās Day was his cousin.
āMy family is no stranger to the devastating consequences of violence. The pain never gets easier,ā the mayor wrote. āThis level of loss is distressing, unacceptable and cannot ā must not ā be tolerated.ā