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

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

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

Four individuals 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 have been transported to an area hospital.

A suspect was located 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 parties concerned had been adults, Beckner mentioned.

Police mentioned Thursday no Hammond High College students are believed to be involved within the shooting. 

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

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

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on site working safety for the graduation who responded to the shooting and the “scenario was taken beneath control very quickly," officials said.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Schools, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our college students that this night time, which should have been a very completely happy occasion for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic note."

Hammond High Faculty students will have a virtual school day Friday, though school will go into to school, she mentioned.

A capturing erupted at the East Kentwood High College campus outdoors the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Alternative Excessive College at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace said in a press release.

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

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger mentioned in a Thursday night news conference that folks in two cars had been exchanging gunshots.

She stated “a large number of photographs” had been fired on the scene.

The sheriff's workplace mentioned two victims in the capturing had been later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in secure condition and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and stomach in important however stable condition. 

It's not clear if the victims had been related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two individuals opened hearth. Preliminary reviews indicate two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a high rate of speed, officials said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly taking pictures after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive College held on the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly earlier than 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 into a struggle when a third individual opened hearth, police spokesperson Larry Flowers stated at a information convention.

The suspect, who can also be 17, was not recognized because of his age. He will likely be arraigned in juvenile courtroom on a first-degree homicide charge, Flowers stated.

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

“The graduation was just ending, people were leaving, this battle started — so simply imagine the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers said.

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