A block party in downtown Leland on Friday, October 10, 2025, ended in multiple deaths when gunfire erupted after a high school homecoming football game. Shelbyona Powell, a 25-year-old Black woman, was one of six people killed; four victims died at the scene and two others later died of their injuries. More than a dozen people were also wounded.

Officials say the violence grew out of a disagreement between several individuals. The FBI and local law enforcement pursued an investigation that resulted in multiple arrests. Four people — Teviyon L. Powell, 29; William Bryant, 29; Morgan Lattimore, 25; and Terrogernal S. Martin, 33 — were charged with capital murder, and Latoya A. Powell, 44, was charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting.

The shootings were the deadliest in Mississippi that weekend and were reported as the most fatal mass shooting in the United States for the year. Does anyone in Leland or who attended the homecoming that night have information that could help clarify what sparked the violence?