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Four people were shot and killed Friday night during homecoming weekend in a small Mississippi town.

Mississippi homecoming shooting

What we know:

Mississippi state Sen. Derrick Simmons said four people had been killed, and that four others were hurt after a high school football homecoming game in the town of Leland.

The victims were taken to a hospital in Greenville and then flown to a larger hospital in the state capital city of Jackson, said Simmons, who is the senator for that region.

Editor's Note: Heidelberg Police Chief Cornell White earlier on Saturday told The Associated Press two people were killed on the school’s campus Friday night during homecoming weekend, which was reported in this story.

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