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Four men have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting in Mississippi A high school weekend homecoming party left six people dead and at least 20 injured, officials said.
Three men – Teviyon Powell, 29, William Bryant, 29, and Morgan Lattimore, 25 – were charged with capital murder, while Latoya Powell, 44, was charged with attempted murder, according to the FBI’s Jackson Field Office.
The shooting happened around midnight Saturday in downtown Leland, a small town in Washington County, after the local high school’s homecoming football game. However, authorities believe the violence stemmed from a personal dispute FBI said no final motive has been confirmed.
People hug in front of Leland City Hall, Mississippi, on Oct. 12, 2025, a day after six people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a mass shooting during homecoming celebrations. (AP Photo / Rogelio V. Solis)
Four of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, where abandoned shoes and bloodstained pavement were seen the next day. Two others later died in hospital.
The victims were identified by the coroner as Oreshama Johnson, 41. Calvin Plant, 19; Shelbyona Powell, 25; Kaslyn Johnson, 18; Amos Brantley, 18; and JaMichael Jones, 34, according to the local outlet WBLT.
On Sunday, the FBI released a “seeking information” poster featuring four suspects of unknown identities. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves shared these images on X and wrote that those responsible would be “brought to justice.”
“This is not who we are as a community,” Leland Mayor John Lee said. “Our hearts are broken for these families.”
The FBI, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and local police continue to investigate and said additional arrests are possible.
A map shows the city of Leland, Mississippi, where six people were killed and at least 20 others injured on October 11, 2025, after gunfire broke out during a homecoming celebration. (Fox News)
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Elsewhere in Mississippi, two people – including a pregnant woman – were found dead on a high school campus in Heidelberg, a small town in Jasper County, on Friday evening. The shooting occurred after Heidelberg High School’s home game, officials said.
The Jasper County Jail said an 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm on school grounds The Associated Press.
The FBI’s Jackson Field Office released this “Search for Information” poster featuring four suspects wanted in connection with the October 11, 2025, mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, that left six people dead and 20 injured. (FBI)
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Another Shoot According to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, a shooting occurred Saturday evening at Alcorn State University in Claiborne County where three people were shot and one died.
Police responded to reports of gunfire near the university’s industrial engineering building after Alcorn’s homecoming football game, which was attended by more than 7,000 fans. No arrests had been announced as of Monday.
