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Robert Eikhoff, the FBI special agent in charge in Jackson, holds a news conference Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Leland, Miss., with local and state law enforcement to seek more information in the deadly shooting in the Mississippi Delta city at a block party days earlier. Credit: Mina Corpuz/Mississippi Today

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Amid more arrests, officials remain mum on motive in Leland mass shooting
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,10/17/25-5:12PM , 477 Reads 7,090 Statewide
LELAND – Nearly a week after gunshots ripped through homecoming celebrations killing six and hitting at least 20 people in Leland, state, local and federal law enforcement partners gathered blocks away Thursday to ask the publi
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A bullet casing near the curb of North Main Street in Leland, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, where a shooting resulted in multiple fatalities during a homecoming celebration days earlier. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Another death, more arrests in homecoming event shootings
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,10/16/25-4:12PM , 397 Reads 4,669 Statewide
The death toll is now 10 in the spate of shootings at high school and college homecoming events Friday and Saturday, where more than a dozen other people were wounded.
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Mississippi carries out its second execution this year
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,10/16/25-2:30PM , 475 Reads 4,638 Statewide
“I’m at peace. I’ve got God’s peace,” Charles Crawford said before receiving the lethal injection.
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Gulf Coast center is one stop for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault
By MINA CORPUZ - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,10/03/25-2:08PM , 454 Reads 4,580 Statewide
A one-stop place for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault on the Gulf Coast is now offering exams and technology to help collect evidence and lead to convictions.
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