Overview

• The mayor said 16 people were shot around midnight in downtown Leland during a gathering tied to Leland High School’s homecoming, with four confirmed fatalities.
• Officials have not clarified whether the four deaths are included in the 16 reported as shot.
• The gunfire erupted on the town’s main street rather than at the high school stadium, according to the mayor.
• Several of the injured were airlifted to regional hospitals, with some in critical condition, including patients taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
• No arrests have been announced as local police lead the investigation with assistance from state investigators, and an 18-year-old suspect identified in some reports as Tylar Jarod Goodloe is considered armed and at large.