A fifth person has been arrested in connection with a Friday night mass shooting in Leland that left six dead and at least 10 injured.
The FBI Jackson Field Office announced Tuesday afternoon the arrest of Terrogernal S. Martin, 33. Martin joins Monday’s arrests of Teviyon L. Powell, 29; William Bryant, 29; Morgan Lattimore, 25; and Latoya A. Powell, 44. Martin, Teviyon, Bryant, and Lattimore have each been charged with capital murder while Latoya was charged with attempted murder.
Other arrests are expected as the investigation continues and federal agents search for three more persons of interest.
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Gunfire erupted at the intersection of Fourth Street and North Main Street around midnight Friday when a large crowd was gathered for a block party following the homecoming football game at Leland High School. Federal agents stated that the incident appears to have been “sparked by a disagreement among several individuals” and included hundreds of shots being fired.
Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell, who oversees the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which is assisting in the case, called the shooting “very sad and deplorable” and a “senseless waste of life.”
The deceased were identified Saturday as Oreshama Johnson, 41; Calvin Plant, 19; Shelbyona Powell, 25; Kaslyn Johnson, 18, Amos Brantley, Jr., 18; and JaMichael Jones, 34.
The shooting in Leland was one of several, albeit unrelated, shootings that made for a deadly weekend across Mississippi.
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Another shooting happened Friday night on the campus of Heidelberg High School after the school’s homecoming football game and resulted in the bodies of two people, including a pregnant woman, being found. A third person died Tuesday. Four suspects so far have been arrested in connection with the case.
The victims in Heidelberg were identified as Chris Newell, 35; Mikeia McCray, 28; and Cayus Stevens, believed to be 24 or 25. At least one more arrest is expected in that case, as well, Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson told WDAM-TV.
On Saturday night, more gunfire boomed, this time on the campus of Alcorn State University in Lorman. When campus police officers responded to the scene inside the Industrial Technology Building, one person was found dead and two injured. The deceased has been identified as Brekyra Fisher, 29. No arrests had been announced in the case as of early Tuesday afternoon.
