SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — Three people were found shot to death in a vehicle on the Navajo Nation, the FBI said Monday.

FBI special agent Bill Elwell said the "execution-style" killings occurred along a dirt road just east of Shiprock. A motive was not immediately known.

The victims were two unidentified men and a woman, Vickie Benally, 26, of nearby Farmington.

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Elwell said it appeared all three were shot while inside the parked vehicle, which was struck by several bullets. It was unclear how many assailants were involved.

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