Mississippi police responding to the report of a crashed car early Saturday morning instead found two people inside who had been murdered.

WLOX-TV reported the Harrison County coroner identified the victims as Rashaud Fairley, 22, and Charles Johnson, 34, both of Gulfport.

Police responded at approximately 5 a.m. Saturday to what they believed to be a car crash on Westward Drive.

Upon investigation police found the victims inside, both apparently shot to death.