The death toll from recent shootings at high school and college homecoming events has risen to 10, with over a dozen people wounded.
The latest victim, Cayus Stevens, died from wounds suffered in Heidelberg, marking the third fatality from that incident. Stevens was identified by friends and community members on social media as a graduate of Heidelberg High School's Class of 2018.
“This kind of senseless violence has no place in Heidelberg or anywhere in Mississippi,”said Heidelberg Police Chief Cornell White.
Author's summary: Ten people died in homecoming event shootings.