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On Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, Prichard police found a man and a woman dead of multiple gunshot wounds in a car near the intersection of North Gould Avenue and Warren Street, said Mayor Troy Ephriam's Chief of Staff Philip Stiell. (Courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office)

PRICHARD, Alabama -- While responding to a report of gunshots in the area of Warren Street and North Gould Avenue Thursday night, Prichard police found two people dead in a car, according to city officials.

The car was found in a ditch in the area, said Mayor Troy Ephriam's Chief of Staff Philip Stiell. Inside were a man and a woman dead of multiple gunshot wounds, he said.

The pair have not been identified. Investigators have not named any suspects.

"At this time we're asking anyone with information to contact the Prichard Police Department," Stiell said. Police can be reached at 251-452-2211.

The department's dispatchers were notified of the shooting around 10:45 p.m.

The deaths mark the second and third homicides for Prichard investigators this year.

On Wednesday, 31-year-old Corey Dixon died in an apparent shooting. The case remained open Friday.