Four people have been killed and a dozen more were injured in a mass shooting at a high school football homecoming game in Mississippi, state authorities have said. The shootings happened in the downtown area of the small town of Leland, where people had gathered following the game, according to Mississippi state Senator Derrick Simmons. The identity of the shooter is not known and they remained at large as of Saturday morning, authorities said. As well as the deceased, four other victims were taken to a hospital in Greenville and then flown to a larger hospital in the state capital city of Jackson, Simmons told The Associated Press. The shootings happened on the school campus where the Heidelberg Oilers were playing their homecoming football game Friday night, though it is unclear exactly when the gunfire occurred or how close it was to the stadium. Simmons said the scene had become “very chaotic,” and that police, sheriff’s deputies and ambulances “responded from all over.”
Published: October 11, 2025 4:30 pm
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