They were in the wrong place at the wrong time, police say.

A 2009 Bayview School graduate was caught in the middle of a dispute between two rival gangs when she was shot and killed in her car on a Tacoma street in February, law enforcement officials believe.

Two Tacoma men were arrested Wednesday night and charged Thursday with the shooting death of Camille Love on the night of Feb. 7, according to a report Friday in the Tacoma News Tribune.

Love, 20, and her brother Josh, 19 were on their way to a friend’s house in the 3200 block of Portland Avenue in the city’s East Side at about 10 p.m. on a Sunday night when the shooting occurred.

Reports said the fatal shots came from inside a white minivan that had pulled alongside Love’s red car at a stoplight. Camille Love, who was driving, was killed, and her brother was wounded in the arm.

According to the News Tribune, law enforcement officials say it was a random shooting that occurred as members of one gang sought revenge for the shooting two days earlier of a member of their gang.

“I’m still scratching my head,” said Deann Houck, the Bayview School registrar who knew the victims well. “I’m just glad they caught them.”

As for the gang involvement in the incident, she added: “Why can’t they kill each other, instead of people who don’t have anything to do with their world?”

Prosecutors charged Eduardo Sandoval, 21, and Jarrod James Messer, 20, with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault, according to the report. Both pleaded not guilty, and were jailed in lieu of $3 million bail.

According to charging documents, Messer was driving the stolen minivan from which the shots were fired, and Sandoval was a lookout in another vehicle, the report said.

Police, after a seven-month investigation, said the gang whose member was shot gathered to discuss what to do. They decided that some members would be in a stolen minivan, some would look for potential targets and others would watch for police, according to the newspaper report.

The stolen van was found abandoned a short distance from the scene.

The Loves moved to Langley in 2008 to live with their grandparents, Paul and Arden Sjunnesen, and attend Bayview School. The Sjunnesens couldn’t be reached for comment Friday morning.

Camille Love had planned to begin classes the following Monday at Pierce College when the shooting occurred, her family said in February.

Houck said family members have told her that Josh Love is enrolled in school off-island and is continuing to care for his year-old son.

“That’s what Cami would have wanted,” Houck said.