LELAND, MS - On Sunday, October 12, authorities announced that two more people have died from injuries they sustained in a shooting that erupted on Friday night, bringing the death toll to six.
The coroner's office identified those two deceased victims as 18-year-old Amos Brantley Jr. and 34-year-old JaMichael Jones, ABC News reported. The other victims who were pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting were identified by the coroner's office as 18-year-old Kaslyn Johnson, 19-year-old Calvin Plant, 41-year-old Oreshama Johnson, and 25-year-old Shelbyona Powell.
In addition, at least 10 other people were injured in the mass shooting in the small town's downtown area, officials confirmed. Robert Eickhoff, special agent in charge of the Jackson, Mississippi, FBI Field Office, did not provide specifics, but said multiple times that authorities were searching for "subjects" in connection with the shooting.
"People who were enjoying themselves last found themselves faced with violence that no community should be faced with," Eickhoff said. He urged anyone with information to come forward. "You may have seen something. You may have heard something or know someone who did," he added.
Leland Mayor John Lee said that the city was experiencing a "great loss" and asked for prayers. "Everything else is under investigation," he said during a news conference on Saturday. "We don't have any information as far as who did the shooting or any of that. But we are here to get to the bottom of this."
The shooting was one among two others that took place at three separate high school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi, People reported. Eight people are dead, and more than 20 were injured after the three shootings took place.
One of the other shootings took place at Heidelberg High School in Heidelberg, which is about 80 miles east of the state capitol. Police said three people were shot on school grounds, and two of them died from their injuries. Tylar Jarod Goodloe, 18, is currently in custody in relation to the Heidelberg shooting, according to a Facebook post from the Jasper County Sheriff's Department.
A third shooting took place in the state, also following an October 10 homecoming game. This shooting happened in Sharkey County. Authorities have "arrested and charged two individuals in connection with the shooting," according to a post by the Sharkey County Sheriff's Office.
The coroner's office identified those two deceased victims as 18-year-old Amos Brantley Jr. and 34-year-old JaMichael Jones, ABC News reported. The other victims who were pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting were identified by the coroner's office as 18-year-old Kaslyn Johnson, 19-year-old Calvin Plant, 41-year-old Oreshama Johnson, and 25-year-old Shelbyona Powell.
In addition, at least 10 other people were injured in the mass shooting in the small town's downtown area, officials confirmed. Robert Eickhoff, special agent in charge of the Jackson, Mississippi, FBI Field Office, did not provide specifics, but said multiple times that authorities were searching for "subjects" in connection with the shooting.
"People who were enjoying themselves last found themselves faced with violence that no community should be faced with," Eickhoff said. He urged anyone with information to come forward. "You may have seen something. You may have heard something or know someone who did," he added.
Leland Mayor John Lee said that the city was experiencing a "great loss" and asked for prayers. "Everything else is under investigation," he said during a news conference on Saturday. "We don't have any information as far as who did the shooting or any of that. But we are here to get to the bottom of this."
The shooting was one among two others that took place at three separate high school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi, People reported. Eight people are dead, and more than 20 were injured after the three shootings took place.
One of the other shootings took place at Heidelberg High School in Heidelberg, which is about 80 miles east of the state capitol. Police said three people were shot on school grounds, and two of them died from their injuries. Tylar Jarod Goodloe, 18, is currently in custody in relation to the Heidelberg shooting, according to a Facebook post from the Jasper County Sheriff's Department.
A third shooting took place in the state, also following an October 10 homecoming game. This shooting happened in Sharkey County. Authorities have "arrested and charged two individuals in connection with the shooting," according to a post by the Sharkey County Sheriff's Office.
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