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

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

After college students crossed stages 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 have been fired Thursday night round 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High Faculty have been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to fulfill with their households, police stated.

4 people have been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr stated in a Thursday evening information conference. Three had been transported to an area hospital.

A suspect was positioned after a short 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 events concerned were adults, Beckner mentioned.

Police said Thursday no Hammond High College students are believed to be concerned in the capturing. 

“At this time we don't imagine that there were any college students concerned, we don't believe any juveniles had been struck on this incident,” Bergeron mentioned.

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

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on web site working safety for the commencement who responded to the shooting and the “situation was taken beneath control very quickly," officials stated.

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

Hammond Excessive Faculty students can have a virtual faculty day Friday, although school will go into to highschool, she mentioned.

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood Excessive Faculty campus outside the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Alternative Excessive College at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office stated in a statement.

Two deputies had been on site working safety for the ceremony, but by the point deputies acquired to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger mentioned in a Thursday evening news convention that folks in two cars have been exchanging gunshots.

She mentioned “a lot of photographs” have been fired on the scene.

The sheriff's office said two victims in the taking pictures had been later situated at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in secure condition and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and abdomen in critical however secure condition. 

It's not clear if the victims have been related to the graduation.

The sheriff’s office believes there have been greater than two people opened fire. Initial reports indicate two white sedans with multiple people inside fled the scene at a high charge of pace, officials said.

Authorities are also asking for witnesses or folks with video or picture footage of the incident to submit tips. 

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

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old high school pupil wounded, police stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a fight when a third person opened hearth, police spokesperson Larry Flowers stated at a information convention.

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

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

“The graduation was just ending, people were leaving, this struggle started — so simply think about the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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