Two Birmingham teenagers have been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a 46-year-old Cullman man.

Birmingham police charged Vershawn Edwards, 16, and Horayshio Fletcher, 17, and they are being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail for allegedly killing James Bennefield and stealing his truck.

Bennefield’s body was found Wednesday morning in the driveway of a home in the 1500 block of Lomb Avenue, AL.com reported. The homeowner, Cleopatra Hogan, said she heard arguing and gunfire outside of house sometime between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Tuesday.

“I couldn’t hear the conversation clearly. It was just a loud talking or a loud argument,’’ she told AL.com. “I turned my lights on so the people could know that I was in the house and I didn’t want anybody to try to break in on me.”

She later found Bennefield on his side in her driveway with a gunshot wound to the chest area Wednesday morning.

Edwards and Fletcher were taken into custody late Wednesday afternoon after a short chase in southwest Birmingham. The pair was in Bennefield’s 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche, which had been stolen after the shooting, AL.com reported.

Birmingham police Lt. Sean Edwards said West Precinct Task Force officers spotted the suspects and the stolen truck on Powderly Avenue S.W., but the duo refused to stop for police. After a brief chase, the suspects crashed the pickup into a tree on Dorothy Drive in Cooper Green Park and were then taken into custody.

Edwards told AL.com police are not releasing a motive, or any additional information at this time.

“This homicide shows the multiple issues we face with violent crime,’’ Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper said. “Here we have two young men, one out on bond for another crime, committing a senseless act of violence. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family and yet we cannot forget about the potential of these young men that has now been wasted.”

Bennefield’s dog, Chance, who had been with him in the truck, was missing overnight but later found at a public housing complex in Collegeville and reunited with Bennefield’s wife, Benita, at the police station.

“The guys that killed my husband, all they wanted was his truck,’’ she told AL.com. “They just dumped my dog. I couldn’t believe it was him. I just started thanking God. We always said that if something happened to either one of us, the other would always take care of Chance.”