Couple shot dead while being intimate at the back of car

Lovers who were both dating other people were shot dead while having sex inside a parked car in what police have described as a 'crime of passion'.

Shakoor Arline, 25, and mother-of-five Lisa Smith, 32, were together in the back seat of a SUV in Philadelphia when someone opened the rear door and fired nine shots, hitting the pair multiple times in the head.

Maintenance workers found their bodies on Friday afternoon near Lemon Hill Mansion, a historic building in the city's Fairmount Park. Arline was naked and Smith was only partially clothed, NBC Philadelphia reported.

Homicide Capt. James Clark said Arline and Smith met at work at a previous job and had been seeing each other on and off for the two years. But both were also in relationships with other people. 

The area they were found in is sometimes referred to as a 'lovers' lane'.

'So obviously that's where our investigation is going to start, because somebody knew that they were in the park at that time and obviously had an issue with that,' he said. Clark said nothing was taken and the case was not a robbery.

'You've got nine shots fired, all of them head shots to both of the victims, so it appears to be very much a crime of passion,' Clark said. 

He added: 'Because somebody knew that they were in the park at that time and obviously had an issue with that. '

According to Fox 29, police have already spoken to a woman involved with Arline and a man who was linked to Smith.

They have yet to make any arrests. Dailymail