Overview

• Gunfire erupted around midnight on Main Street in downtown Leland after the high school’s homecoming festivities, not on campus.
• Officials confirm four fatalities, with reports placing the number of wounded between roughly a dozen and about 20.
• Four injured patients were airlifted from Greenville to Jackson in critical condition, according to state Sen. Derrick Simmons.
• The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting local authorities; police have not announced any suspects in custody and are seeking tips from witnesses.
• Separate shootings the same night in Heidelberg left two dead with an 18-year-old sought for questioning, and two people were arrested after an incident in Rolling Fork; no link to Leland has been established.