The small town of Leland, Miss., was rocked Friday night by a mass shooting at a homecoming event that left four people dead and a dozen injured, according to the mayor.

“An event like this has never happened in this city,” Leland Mayor John Lee told NPR by phone. “We’re a close knit city, we’re not a violent city.”

Leland is a small town of roughly 3,700 people where “everybody knows everybody,” Lee said.

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The shooting took place in downtown Leland after the local high school’s homecoming football game. The gathering takes place annually: “Families … in

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