Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly
High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least six people dead and many more injured, authorities said.
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... Four of the dead were killed in downtown Leland, after a high school football homecoming game in the Mississippi Delta region on the state's western edge, a state senator said Saturday. About 20 people were injured in the gunfire after people gathered in downtown Leland following the game, state Sen. Derrick Simmons said. Of the 20 wounded, four were in critical condition and flown from a hospital in nearby Greenville to a larger medical center in the state capital city of Jackson, Simmons told The Associated Press. Simmons said he was being updated on developments by the Washington County Sheriff's Office as well as from other law enforcement authorities in the Delta. "People were just congregating and having a good time in the downtown of Leland," Simmons said of the town with a population of fewer than 4,000 people. ...
About 20 people were injured in the gunfire after people gathered in downtown Leland following the game, state Sen. Derrick Simmons said. Of the 20 wounded, four were in critical condition and flown from a hospital in nearby Greenville to a larger medical center in the state capital city of Jackson, Simmons told The Associated Press.
Simmons said he was being updated on developments by the Washington County Sheriff's Office as well as from other law enforcement authorities in the Delta.
"People were just congregating and having a good time in the downtown of Leland," Simmons said of the town with a population of fewer than 4,000 people. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-11 03:50 PM | Reply
It sounds like the Texas National Guard, and perhaps the Marines, are badly needed there.
#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-11 03:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Too bad none of them were Charlie Kirk. Then MAGA could pretend the care.
Thoughts and prayers.
#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-11 04:00 PM | Reply
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