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

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

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

No less than one person was killed and seven others injured in collective shootings that resulted within the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Shots were fired Thursday evening round 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive College were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to satisfy with their households, police said.

4 folks have been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr said in a Thursday night time information conference. Three were transported to an area hospital.

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

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

Police stated Thursday no Hammond High College college students are believed to be involved within the capturing. 

“At the moment we don't consider that there were any college students concerned, we do not consider any juveniles were struck on this incident,” Bergeron said.

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on website working security for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “state of affairs was taken beneath management very quickly," officers mentioned.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Faculties, Melissa Martin Stilley, mentioned Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our students that this night, which should have been a very comfortable occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a sad be aware."

Hammond High College college students may have a virtual school day Friday, although faculty will go into to high school, she mentioned.

A capturing erupted on the East Kentwood Excessive College campus outdoors the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Alternative High Faculty at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in an announcement.

Two deputies had been on website working safety for the ceremony, but by the point deputies bought to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young mentioned in a Thursday night news conference that individuals in two vehicles were exchanging gunshots.

She mentioned “a lot of pictures” had been fired at the scene.

The sheriff's workplace stated two victims in the taking pictures were later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in secure condition and a 40-year-old lady from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and stomach in important however secure situation. 

It isn't clear if the victims have been related to the graduation.

The sheriff’s office believes there have been more than two people opened fireplace. Initial reports indicate two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a high charge of velocity, officers mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal taking pictures after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive School held on the Center Tennessee State College campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the group was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool scholar wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a combat when a 3rd individual opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a information convention.

The suspect, who is also 17, was not recognized due to his age. He will probably be arraigned in juvenile courtroom on a first-degree murder charge, Flowers said.

Brewer was a previous graduate of the highschool, and the wounded teenager is a junior, he stated.

“The graduation was simply ending, individuals were leaving, this combat started — so simply think about the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers said.

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