Delete from two tables in one query

DELETE a.*, b.* 
FROM messages a 
LEFT JOIN usersmessages b 
ON b.messageid = a.messageid 
WHERE a.messageid = 1

translation: delete from table messages where messageid =1, if table uersmessages has messageid = messageid of table messages, delete that row of uersmessages table.

Can't you just separate them by a semicolon?

Delete from messages where messageid = '1';
Delete from usersmessages where messageid = '1'

OR

Just use INNER JOIN as below

DELETE messages , usersmessages  FROM messages  INNER JOIN usersmessages  
WHERE messages.messageid= usersmessages.messageid and messages.messageid = '1'