FBI officials in Mississippi said they are looking for four people linked to Saturday’s mass shooting in Leland that left six dead and at least a dozen others injured — one of the several homecoming celebrations across the state that ended in bloodshed this weekend.

The agency’s Jackson Field Office said late Sunday that the suspects, described as three males and one female, fired several bullets into the crowd on Main Street in downtown Leland following a “disagreement among several individuals.”

Four of those wounded in the chaos early Saturday were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Two others died from their injuries while being treated at area hospitals.

Witness Camish Hopkins said the aftermath of the shooting was the “most horrific scene I’d ever seen.”  

“No one was trying to really help,” Mr. Hopkins told The Associated Press. “Leland failed Leland yesterday, but I know that we can do better because this isn’t Leland.”

Nearly 200 miles away on the eastern side of the state, police on Friday said two people were killed and another was hit by gunfire after shots rang out on Heidelberg High School’s campus during its homecoming.

Investigators said one of the victims was found by the tailgating area close to the bleachers, and the other died near the school’s baseball field.

Local authorities arrested and charged Tylar Jarod Goodloe, 18, with murder in the slayings that shook the small town of 650 people. Gov. Tate Reeves said a pregnant woman was among those killed.

“Our state is praying for the victims and their families, as well as the entire Heidelberg and Leland communities. Those responsible will be brought to justice,” the governor said.

A deadly shooting also erupted at a homecoming celebration at Alcorn State University.

The Saturday night shooting injured two people after gunfire was reported near a campus building. The state’s Department of Public Safety said no suspects have been arrested in the shooting.

And at Jackson State University’s homecoming, officials said a shooting near the stadium’s tailgating section left a child with a bullet wound in the abdomen. The child’s condition was not shared by local authorities.

No suspects or persons of interest have been identified in the Jackson State shooting as well.

• This article includes wire service reports.

• Matt Delaney can be reached at mdelaney@washingtontimes.com.