LELAND, Miss. - Two separate shootings at high school homecoming events in Mississippi on Friday night left at least six people dead and several others injured, authorities said.
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. On the east side of the state, a pregnant woman was among the dead, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said.
About 20 people hurt in Delta region shooting
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In Leland, about 20 people were injured in the gunfire after people gathered in the downtown area following the game, state Sen. Derrick Simmons said. Of the 20 who were hurt, four were in critical condition and flown from a hospital in nearby Greenville to a larger m