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3 dead, 8 injured in Mississippi shooting after homecoming game
The sheriff has identified the three victims, and some people who were injured were airlifted to the hospital.
Three people are dead and eight more were injured in a trail ride mass shooting in Mississippi.According to Sheriff Willie March, it happened around midnight Saturday near North Highway 17, just 5 miles outside of Lexington. The sheriff said the shooting happened following Holmes County Consolidated School's homecoming. According to March, locals were on the trail ride when a shooter opened fire into the crowd following some sort of altercation.The sheriff has identified the three victims as 25-year-old Martel Gibson, 19-year-old Shundra Chestnut and 19-year-old John Jenkins.Holmes County Sheriff Department deputies said several other victims who were injured were airlifted to local area hospitals. Investigators believe the suspect acted with a switch on their gun. There are no suspects at this time.
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. —
Three people are dead and eight more were injured in a trail ride mass shooting in Mississippi.
According to Sheriff Willie March, it happened around midnight Saturday near North Highway 17, just 5 miles outside of Lexington.
The sheriff said the shooting happened following Holmes County Consolidated School's homecoming.
According to March, locals were on the trail ride when a shooter opened fire into the crowd following some sort of altercation.
The sheriff has identified the three victims as 25-year-old Martel Gibson, 19-year-old Shundra Chestnut and 19-year-old John Jenkins.
Holmes County Sheriff Department deputies said several other victims who were injured were airlifted to local area hospitals.
Investigators believe the suspect acted with a switch on their gun.
There are no suspects at this time.
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