Multiple shootings rock Mississippi homecomings, leaving eight dead

LELAND, Mississippi, Oct 12: Homecoming celebrations across Mississippi turned tragic Friday night when three separate shootings erupted on opposite sides of the state, killing at least eight people and injuring many others, authorities said. Six people were shot dead in Leland in the Mississippi Delta, and two more were killed in the small eastern town of Heidelberg, according to law enforcement officials, the Associated Press (AP) reported.