Officers in Leland, Mississippi, are calling on the general public’s assist after 4 individuals had been killed and 12 others wounded in a mass taking pictures that broke out at a gathering within the small city’s downtown space Friday night time.
Leland Mayor John Lee, talking at a Saturday night information convention, stated town was experiencing a “nice loss” and requested for prayers.
On Friday, state Sen. Derrick Simmons advised Jackson ABC affiliate WAPT the individuals had been at a gathering following the Leland Excessive Faculty homecoming recreation when the taking pictures occurred.
Police automobiles are parked after a lethal taking pictures Friday night time in downtown Leland, Miss.,on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.
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Apart from offering the variety of lifeless and wounded, the mayor didn’t present many different particulars in regards to the taking pictures.
“Every thing else is below investigation,” he stated throughout Saturday’s information convention. “We do not have any data so far as who did the taking pictures or any of that. However we’re right here to resolve this.”
Robert Eickhoff, particular agent in control of the Jackson, Mississippi, FBI Discipline Workplace, didn’t present specifics however stated a number of instances that authorities had been looking for “topics” in reference to the taking pictures.
“Individuals who had been having fun with themselves final discovered themselves confronted with violence that no neighborhood must be confronted with,” Eickhoff stated, urging members of the general public to return ahead with any data they could have.
“You might have seen one thing,” he stated. “You might have heard one thing or know somebody who did.”
Family and friends of victims of a homecoming taking pictures embrace in downtown Leland, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can be helping within the investigation, offering DNA evaluation and in addition working to doubtlessly match shell casings to different firearms utilizing a nationwide automated system.
“This might have simply been in one other metropolis identical to it was right here in Leland, Mississippi,” Lee, the mayor, stated.
The town of about 3,600 individuals is positioned about 115 miles north of Jackson.
String of different shootings in Mississippi
The replace on Friday night time’s taking pictures got here amid a string of shootings all through the state this weekend.
On Saturday, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation stated it was investigating a taking pictures at Alcorn State College in Lorman, Mississippi, that left one particular person lifeless and two others wounded.
The taking pictures led to a shelter-in place order being issued for the campus.
Authorities stated the taking pictures occurred at about 6:30 p.m. native time close to the campus’ Industrial Know-how Constructing. No arrest had been made.
A few half hour later, authorities in Jackson stated a toddler was shot within the stomach close to a tailgate part at Jackson State College stadium. The kid was taken to the hospital. There isn’t any replace on their situation.
On Friday night, two individuals had been killed in a taking pictures in Heidelberg, Mississippi, on the grounds of a highschool, in keeping with ABC affiliate WDAM.
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Workplace later stated it had taken an 18-year-old man into custody for questioning in reference to the taking pictures.
