Six people dead in shootings during two separate Mississippi homecoming gatherings [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Four people have been killed and 16 others injured in a shooting in western Mississippi during a high school football homecoming celebration, according to local officials early on Saturday.
The incident took place around midnight on Friday, John Lee, the mayor of Leland, a small city in Washington county, said to the Guardian in a telephone interview on Saturday morning. At least 12 of the wounded were being treated at nearby hospitals.
Lee said that an attack happened on a main street in Leland, where crowds had gathered for the town’s high school homecoming game against Charleston high school.
Few details have been confirmed, but local media reported that state senator Derrick Simmons said the shooting occurred during a gathering after the game.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/11/leland-mississippi-mass-shooting
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