Mississippi homecoming turns deadly: 4 killed, 12 injured in downtown Leland shooting

At least four people are dead, and 12 others were injured overnight in a shooting in Leland, Mississippi, at a downtown event taking place during Leland High School homecoming weekend, the city’s mayor told Fox News Digital on Saturday. 

Leland Mayor John Lee said he had no information as to the identity of the shooter, who has not been located as of Saturday morning. He added that, “justice will be served.”

“I just want to say, you know, our prayers and condolences go out to the family of the deceased and the ones that’s been injured and shot,” Lee said. 

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation told Fox News Digital that it is assisting in the investigation. 

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The conditions of those injured were not immediately clear Saturday.

“People were just congregating and having a good time in the downtown of Leland,” Mississippi state Sen. Derrick Simmons, a Democrat who represents people in that region, told The Associated Press.

He was told that after the gunfire, the scene was “very chaotic,” as police, sheriff’s deputies and ambulances “responded from all over.”

“It’s just senseless gun violence,” Simmons said. “What we are experiencing now is just a proliferation of guns just being in circulation.”

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Simmons also said late Saturday morning that he had not heard any information about possible suspects.

“As the state senator for the area, we are asking any and all individuals who might have any information regarding the horrific shooting last night to come forward and provide whatever information they have,” he told the AP.

The mayor told Fox News Digital he is asking for prayers for his city, “Because this is not something that’s ever happened here before.” 

“It was homecoming weekend, of course, and everybody’s family and friends and neighbors [were] together having fun in the downtown area, as we do every year,” Lee added.

Fox News Digital’s Sarah Taylor and The Associated Press contributed to this report.