Overview

• Gunfire erupted around midnight in downtown Leland following Leland High School’s homecoming game, with officials stressing the shooting did not occur on the school campus.
• Local and state leaders report four fatalities and roughly 20 people shot, including four critically injured who were airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
• Leland officials say no one is in custody, and the FBI and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are working the case with ATF providing forensic support such as DNA analysis and shell-casing matching.
• Authorities are seeking tips from attendees and residents, and Leland’s mayor canceled a planned block party as the community grapples with the violence.
• Separate homecoming-night shootings were reported in Heidelberg and Rolling Fork, with two killed in Heidelberg where an 18-year-old was taken into custody for questioning and two arrests reported in the Rolling Fork case.