“It’s an intense investigation of a serious crime,” he said. “There are lots of pieces to the puzzle. Using information from the community, we were able to put these two in custody — and we do believe these are the two primary suspects.”

Police also didn’t say how Larrue and Sanford know each other, though Larrue indicated on Facebook that he had attended West High School, and Sanford was on the roster as a receiver for the school’s football team last fall.

The pair are pictured among several other young men in a Facebook post dated March 31 of last year.

Lovicott said, “I don’t know what their relationship is beyond” being suspects in the homicides.

“While this remains a very active police investigation, UWPD investigators believe the two primary suspects in this murder investigation are in custody,” police said in a statement. “We believe this senseless and tragic act was targeted towards the couple and was not random.”