Four people have been arrested in connection with last weekend’s Leland Mississippi mass shooting, which left six people dead and at least ten others injured, authorities said Monday.
The deadly shooting erupted Friday night in downtown Leland during a gathering following the town’s high school homecoming football game, according to state Sen. Derrick Simmons.
At a Monday press conference, the FBI’s Jackson office announced that Morgan Lattimore, 25; Teviyon L. Powell, 29; and William Bryant, 29; have each been charged with capital murder, while Latoya A. Powell, 44, faces an attempted murder charge.
Leland Mississippi mass shooting, Mayor John Lee described the tragedy as a “great loss” for the small community of 3,600 residents, located about 115 miles north of Jackson. “This could have easily happened in any other city,” he said, asking for prayers for the victims and their families.
Leland Mississippi mass shooting
The Washington County Coroner’s Office identified the six victims as Kaslyn Johnson, 18; Calvin Plant, 19; Oreshama Johnson, 41; Shelbyona Powell, 25; Amos Brantley Jr., 18; and JaMichael Jones, 34. The latter two were initially hospitalized but later died from their injuries.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is assisting with the investigation, conducting DNA analysis and comparing shell casings to firearms in its national database.
The Leland Mississippi mass shooting is one of several violent incidents across over the weekend.
At Alcorn State University, one person was killed and two others injured in a Saturday evening shooting near the Industrial Technology Building, prompting a campus-wide shelter-in-place order.
Roughly 30 minutes later, a child was shot in the abdomen near a tailgate area at Jackson State University Stadium and was taken to a hospital, officials said.
Additionally, on Friday night, two people were killed in a shooting on the grounds of a high school in Heidelberg, Mississippi. Authorities later detained an 18-year-old man for questioning.
