HEIDELBERG, Miss. (WDAM) - A celebration of high school football ended in gunfire and tragedy Friday night at the Heidelberg High School football field.

Heidelberg Police Chief Cornell White said two people were shot and killed on the high school’s grounds, and at least one more was wounded.

One victim was discovered on the school’s baseball field, while another died in a tailgating area near the bleachers.

White said the shooter or shooters remained at large.

He declined to specify how many suspects law enforcement believed were involved in the shootings.

He did say that the Heidelberg Police Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation would be the lead agencies.

MBI agents as well as Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers were on scene, joining officers from Heidelberg and

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