Male and female found dead in bullet-riddled car on sidewalk by abandoned Birmingham house

A male and a female were shot to death Tuesday night in southwest Birmingham.

The victims were among several shootings throughout the city in the span of several hours, including a teen who suffered life-threatening injuries outside of Woodlawn High School.

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said police were alerted to a vehicle that was on the sidewalk by an abandoned house in the 1300 block of Princeton Avenue S.W. The caller reported multiple bullet holes in the car.

Officers approached the sedan and saw the victims unresponsive inside of the car.

Both were pronounced dead on the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service.

Wade said a passerby noticed the vehicle was moving slowly in reverse and came to a stop on the sidewalk in front of two vacant houses.

No one reported hearing gunfire, Wade said.

The double killing marks the city's 137th and 138th homicide this year. Of those, 10 have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren't deemed criminal.

The city on Monday surpassed the total of homicides in Birmingham for all of last year when a 45-year-old man was shot dead while driving on Parkway East.

Anyone with information in Tuesday's double slaying is asked to call homicide detectives at 205-2541764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.