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Authorities have not disclosed a possible motive for the
shooting in Leland, but the FBI says it may have been “sparked
by a disagreement among several individuals.” At least nine
people have been arrested, several of them charged with capital
murder.
The death of Ebanee Williams was reported Friday by the
coroner's office in Hinds County, which encompasses the state
capital, according to a news release Saturday from LaQuesha
Watkins, the coroner in Washington County where Leland is
located.
More than a dozen people were wounded in the shooting, which
broke out late in the evening of Oct. 11 as people were gathered
in Leland's tiny downtown to celebrate homecoming weekend. The
town on the state’s western edge is home to fewer than 4,000
people, and the FBI’s Jackson Field Office has been posting
pictures of suspects wanted for questioning.
Witnesses described a chaotic aftermath with people wounded and
bleeding as four people lay dead on the ground. The next day,
tattered yellow police tape lay tangled at the scene in front of
a boarded-up storefront not far from City Hall.
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