4 killed, others hurt in shooting during homecoming weekend in Mississippi

The Brief

  • Four people were shot and killed Friday night during a homecoming weekend in Mississippi.
  • State Sen. Derrick Simmons said four other people were hurt in the shooting and hospitalized.
  • It’s not known yet if the victims were students.

Four people were shot and killed Friday night during homecoming weekend in a small Mississippi town.

Mississippi homecoming shooting

What we know:

Mississippi state Sen. Derrick Simmons said four people had been killed, and that four others were hurt after a high school football homecoming game in the town of Leland.

The victims were taken to a hospital in Greenville and then flown to a larger hospital in the state capital city of Jackson, said Simmons, who is the senator for that region.

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