LEXINGTON, Miss. — Three people were killed and eight others were injured early Saturday when someone opened fire on a group of young adults who were out celebrating a school’s homecoming football game, authorities said.
According to the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, the gunfire resulted from a fight between two young men.
The shootings about five miles (3 kilometers) outside Lexington, Mississippi, followed a football game several hours earlier during the Holmes County Consolidated School homecoming celebration. Lexington is located more than 60 miles north of Jackson.
Two of the deceased victims were 19 and the third was 25. The injured victims were airlifted to local hospitals.
“The football team had won the home game and people wanted to go out and celebrate the victory, but others did not have the same intention,” said Holmes County Sheriff Willie March. told the Clarion Ledger.