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A husband and wife remain hospitalized after they were shot inside their home Wednesday morning. Ralph Thomas, 42, was shot in the head and airlifted to University Hospital. Becca Thomas, 55, was also shot and taken to University by ambulance. According to police, her injuries are non-life-threatening.Police say Becca Thomas was able to call 911 and later identify the suspects. Sheriff's deputies confirm they are looking for Travis Fentress and Tara Vanwinkle. They were last seen in a white Kia with Florida plates.Sheriff's deputies wentto the home at 14705 Huff Street around 11 a.m. Wednesday.Neighbor Sami Childers watched as the scene unfolded."There was police, an ambulance coming up to the scene. I heard the Airflight landing in a field behind my house," Childers said.Robert Francis also lives nearby and watched ambulances and police cars race by. "It's a quiet neighborhood you usually don't hear sirens, normally," she said.Police say when they arrived on scene Becca Thomas was alert and conscious. That's when she identified the suspects. Police say they are familiar with Fentress and Vanwinkle. Both have lengthy criminal records, including DUI and drug-related offenses.Daran Hodges with the Harrison County Sheriff's Department said at the scene, "They've been involved in some illegal activity in the past and their names have crossed our desk on more than one occasion."Hodges said the boyfriend-girlfriend pair should be considered armed and dangerous. Neighbor Frances Sizemore, lives directly across the street from the Thomas' home, said news of the at large suspects had her on edge."We are concerned. We'll be on alert, yes, because you never know if they done them that way what are they going to do to someone else?" she admitted.But police say there was no sign of forced entry at the Thomas' home. It appears the couple invited the suspects inside their home. Investigators say what happened in the time leading up to the shooting remains largely unknown. The fact the crime was not random is of little consolation to many living on Huff Street."I'm calmed down now but it's definitely frightening to say the least," Childers said.Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Fentress and Vanwinkle is asked to call the Harrison County sheriff's tipline at 812-738-TIPP.