US Edition6 Killed, Multiple Injured in Leland Mass Shooting
Authorities confirm 16 people were shot in a mass shooting with six fatalities; investigations continue as officials seek the gunman and urge public cooperation.
- On Friday, Mayor John Lee of Leland, Mississippi confirmed a mass shooting left six dead and sixteen people shot Friday night.
- At about 6:30 p.m. Friday, the shooting occurred near an Industrial Technology Building, officials said, in downtown Leland, a city of about 3,600 people located 115 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi.
- Authorities identified four victims who died at the scene, and two more, Amos Brantley Jr., 18, and JaMichael Jones, 34, later died at a hospital, Pafford EMS confirmed Saturday.
- Officials said no arrests have been made and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting while Robert Eickhoff and officials urged the public to provide tips.
- Community leaders said the city is reeling and called on the people of Leland to come forward and pray as the shooting adds to other Mississippi shootings this weekend.
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