LELAND, Miss. (AP) — Nine people have now been arrested in connection with a mass shooting in the Mississippi Delta town of Leland that left six people dead, an FBI special agent said Thursday.

Robert Eikhoff, special agent in charge of the FBI's Jackson Field Office, appeared at briefing but gave no additional details of the new arrests or charges those people face. Authorities had earlier said five people were in custody.

The downtown street where the shooting took place was still littered with shards of broken glass Thursday afternoon. Nearby, someone had placed three stuffed animals and a few candles on a street corner.

State and local law officers who spoke at Thursday's news conference asked the public to share what they know with authorities.

“We believe there are people who hav

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