Six dead, 10 injured in mass shooting in Mississippi
UPDATE (2:37 PM): Leland Mayor John Lee, members of law enforcement, ATF, MBI and the FBI held a press conference Saturday afternoon to provide updates on the shooting which left six people dead.
Officials confirmed six people have died in the shooting. Four of them died at the scene while two others died from their injuries later.
10 others are currently being treated at the hospital.
Officials also said they have not found the suspect, or suspects, and they are asking the public's help in bringing the shooter, or shooters, to justice.
"We ask the public to recognize that they have a role in this investigation. You will have seen something, you may have heard something or know someone who did we ask you to share that information. Speak up. Share give us that opportunity to get these subjects off the street and bring peace and tranquility to the community."
Robert A. Eikhoff, Special Agent in Charge of the Jackson Field Office
"I'd like to say that those of you out there that saw what went on, this is not a time to keep your mouth closed. It's a time you open your mouth. You can save a lot of lives if you open your mouth and tell us what you have seen," Mayor Lee added.
The investigation remains ongoing.
LELAND, Miss. (NBC, KYMA) - Six people are now confirmed dead after a mass shooting in Mississippi. It happened after Leland High School's homecoming game.
The shots were fired off campus, around midnight after the game as people celebrated on Leland's Main Street.
"It was very much so traumatizing. Um seeing where in previous years where we would normally be, and to see bodies laying where we would normally hang out, or have fun or just see people that you would wave and hey how you doing, it was really traumatic," said Mildred Michael, a Leland resident.
Initial reports of 30 people shot have been revised, and there are ten people are in the hospital recovering from injuries.
Four people were pronounced dead as paramedics rushed the injured to hospitals, including several who were airlifted to Jackson.
The community of just 3,700 people is shaken, as investigators search for suspects.
