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

Three high school commencement ceremonies ended with shots fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee inside the span of 24 hours, another sobering example of gun violence impacting on a regular basis lives, including that of teenage college students.

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

Not less than one individual was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Shots were fired Thursday night around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive Faculty had been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to fulfill with their households, police said.

4 people were injured in the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr stated in a Thursday night time news convention. Three had been transported to an area hospital.

A suspect was situated after a short foot pursuit and taken into custody, Southeastern Louisiana University Police Chief Michael Beckner advised NBC News Friday morning.

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

Police stated Thursday no Hammond Excessive College college students are believed to be involved in the taking pictures. 

“At the moment we don't consider that there were any college students concerned, we don't believe any juveniles had been struck in this incident,” Bergeron stated.

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals with video footage of taking pictures to come ahead. 

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on site working security for the commencement who responded to the taking pictures and the “state of affairs was taken beneath control very quickly," officers said.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Schools, Melissa Martin Stilley, mentioned Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our college students that this evening, which should have been a really joyful occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a tragic observe."

Hammond High School students could have a digital college day Friday, although college will go into to highschool, she stated.

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

Two deputies had been on web site working security for the ceremony, however by the time deputies obtained to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect autos had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger said in a Thursday night information conference that individuals in two cars have been exchanging gunshots.

She said “a large number of photographs” have been fired at the scene.

The sheriff's office stated two victims in the capturing have been later positioned at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in secure situation and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and stomach in crucial but steady condition. 

It isn't clear if the victims were connected to the graduation.

The sheriff’s office believes there were more than two individuals opened fire. Initial experiences indicate two white sedans with a number of people inside fled the scene at a excessive price of speed, officials mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly taking pictures after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held on the Middle Tennessee State University campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd was leaving. 

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

The suspect, who is also 17, was not recognized due to his age. He can be arraigned in juvenile court docket on a first-degree murder charge, Flowers stated.

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

“The graduation was simply ending, folks were leaving, this fight started — so simply imagine the chaos when photographs rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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