HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – Three people are dead and eight are injured after a group of “young people” got into a fight at a trail ride party, according to Sheriff Willie March.
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According to Sheriff March, the Holmes County Sheriff’s Department received a phone call about a shooting on Highway 17 around 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
Sheriff March says there was a homecoming game Friday night and about 3-4 hours later a large group of young people decided to have a party on the trail ride.
This trail ride was then escalated when a group at the party got into a fight and pulled out guns.
Shots were then fired and three people were killed.
These victims were identified by Sheriff March as Martel Gibson, 25, Shundra Chestnut, 19, and John Jenkins, also 19.
Gibson and Jenkins were both from Durant, Mississippi, and Chestnut was from Kosciusko, Mississippi.
Eight other victims are in various hospitals for injuries from the incident.
This case is currently under investigation, and details on any potential suspects have not yet been released.
These deaths mark 15 homicides in Holmes County this year.
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