Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Twenty people were shot, four of whom died, in a shooting in the western Mississippi city of Leland during a celebration for a homecoming football game, in one of three shootings in small towns in the state late Friday.
The shooting in Leland happened late Friday night around midnight on the city's main street after Leland High School played Charleston High School, sending at least 12 wounded people to local hospitals while four were airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in critical condition, according to media reports.
"I just want to send our condolences to the families of the deceased and to all those that are being treated," Leland Mayor John Lee told The Guardian. "We need to be in prayer for our city."
State Sen. Derrick Simmons told WAPT the shooting had not happened at the game itself, but at a gathering on the city's Main Street afterward.
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