3 high school graduations throughout the U.S. end with gunfire in less than 24 hours

Three high school graduation ceremonies ended with pictures fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee throughout the span of 24 hours, one other sobering instance of gun violence impacting on a regular basis lives, including that of teenage students.

After college students crossed phases to receive their diplomas, chaos ensued with gunfire.

A minimum of one particular person was killed and seven others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Pictures were fired Thursday night around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High College had been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to meet with their families, police said.

4 individuals have been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr mentioned in a Thursday night information convention. Three had been transported to an area hospital.

A suspect was located after a brief foot pursuit and taken into custody, Southeastern Louisiana College Police Chief Michael Beckner informed NBC News Friday morning.

Expenses are pending as the probe continues and all parties involved had been adults, Beckner stated.

Police said Thursday no Hammond Excessive College students are believed to be involved within the shooting. 

“At this time we don't imagine that there were any college students involved, we do not imagine any juveniles have been struck on this incident,” Bergeron mentioned.

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals with video footage of capturing to come forward. 

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on web site working security for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “state of affairs was taken underneath management in a short time," officers stated.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our college students that this night time, which ought to have been a very pleased event for our graduates and their households, ended on such a sad note."

Hammond Excessive School college students could have a virtual faculty day Friday, although school will go into to highschool, she said.

A shooting erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive College campus exterior the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Alternative High School at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office stated in an announcement.

Two deputies were on site working security for the ceremony, but by the point deputies got to the parking zone on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger said in a Thursday evening news convention that people in two cars had been exchanging gunshots.

She stated “numerous shots” had been fired on the scene.

The sheriff's office stated two victims within the taking pictures were later situated at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in stable condition and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and abdomen in critical but steady situation. 

It's not clear if the victims had been linked to the graduation.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two people opened fireplace. Preliminary reviews indicate two white sedans with a number of people inside fled the scene at a excessive charge of pace, officials stated.

Authorities are additionally asking for witnesses or people with video or photo footage of the incident to submit ideas. 

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal capturing after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held on the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old high school scholar wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a battle when a third individual opened hearth, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a news convention.

The suspect, who can also be 17, was not recognized because of his age. He shall be arraigned in juvenile court docket on a first-degree homicide charge, Flowers mentioned.

Brewer was a previous graduate of the high school, and the wounded teenager is a junior, he said.

“The commencement was simply ending, folks were leaving, this fight began — so just think about the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

Marlene Lenthang is a breaking information reporter for NBC News Digital.