{"id":200042,"date":"2025-10-19T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/4-people-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-mississippi-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:08:52","slug":"4-people-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-mississippi-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/4-people-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-mississippi-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"4 People Arrested in Connection to Fatal Mississippi Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Four people were arrested on Monday, October 13, in connection to a fatal shooting that took place in Leland, Mississippi, on October 10.<\/p>\n<p>Officials confirmed that six people were killed and at least ten others were injured in the shooting that occurred in the town\u2019s downtown area, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/search-suspects-shooting-left-4-dead-12-wounded\/story?id=126441533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI in Jackson, Mississippi, announced on October 13 that suspects <strong>Morgan Lattimore<\/strong>, <strong>Teviyon L. Powell<\/strong> and <strong>William Bryant<\/strong> were charged with capital murder, while a fourth suspect, <strong>Latoya A. Powell<\/strong>, 44, was charged with attempted murder, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi State Senator <strong>Derrick Simmons<\/strong> told ABC affiliate <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wapt.com\/article\/fbi-seeks-help-after-deadly-leland-mass-shooting\/69011639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAPT<\/a><\/em> that people gathered following the Leland High School homecoming football game when the shooting happened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/woman-allegedly-poured-hot-oil-chili-powder-on-her-husband-as-he-slept\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woman Poured Hot Oil and Chili Powder on Her Husband as He Slept in Alleged Assault<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four victims were pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting and were identified by the Washington County Coroner\u2019s Office as 18-year-old <strong>Kaslyn Johnson<\/strong>, 19-year-old <strong>Calvin Plant<\/strong>, 41-year-old <strong>Oreshama Johnson<\/strong> and 25-year-old <strong>Shelbyona Powell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>One day later, the office announced that two additional victims had died from their injuries and were identified as 18-year-old <strong>Amos Brantley Jr.<\/strong> and 34-year-old <strong>JaMichael Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the fatal shooting, Leland Mayor <strong>John Lee<\/strong> said the city was experiencing a \u201cgreat loss\u201d after the tragedy and asked for prayers during a press conference on October 10, per <em>ABC News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could have easily been in another city, just like it was here in Leland, Mississippi,\u201d Lee added.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not revealed a possible motive for shooting, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/13\/us\/leland-mississippi-shooting-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a><\/em>. However, the FBI said the shooting seemed to have been \u201csparked by a disagreement among several individuals.\u201d Additionally, an FBI spokesperson told the outlet late on October 13 that \u201cother arrests are pending\u201d as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>The incident in Leland was not the only shooting that took place in Mississippi over the weekend. Other shootings were reported at two Mississippi universities on Saturday, October 11, as the schools celebrated their homecoming weekends, according to <em>CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/school-therapist-facing-attempted-murder-charge-after-alleged-poisoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Therapist Hit With Attempted Murder Charge After Allegedly Spiking Husband\u2019s Energy Drink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said it was investigating a shooting at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi, on October 11, which had one fatality and two injuries, per <em>ABC News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Later on October 11, authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, said a child was shot near a tailgate section at the Jackson State University stadium. ABC News reported that the child was taken to the hospital, and no update has been shared on their condition.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/4-people-arrested-in-connection-to-fatal-mississippi-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four people were arrested on Monday, October 13, in connection to a fatal shooting that took place in Leland, Mississippi, on October 10. Officials confirmed that six people were killed and at least ten others were injured in the shooting that occurred in the town\u2019s downtown area, according to ABC News. The FBI in Jackson, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-200042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}