India, Oct. 11 -- At least three incidents of shooting were reported in the United States' state of Mississippi on Friday night, killing six people.

Four people were killed and 12 others were injured after a gunman opened fire on the main street in Leland, a small town about 190km north-east of the state capital Jackson, the small city's Mayor, John Lee, told the BBC. Of those injured, 4 people are in a critical state.

The city was busier than usual on Friday with the local high school scheduled to play a football game to mark homecoming.

"This is an event where we have held yearly for years and hadn't had any incidents of this sort, ever," Lee told BBC. "And we're a city that, not high crime and about 3,700 people. We all get along, a...