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

Three highschool 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 phases to obtain their diplomas, chaos ensued with gunfire.

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

Photographs were fired Thursday night time around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive College were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to fulfill with their families, police stated.

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

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

Costs are pending as the probe continues and all events concerned have been adults, Beckner said.

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

“Right now we do not imagine that there have been any college students concerned, we do not imagine any juveniles had been struck on this incident,” Bergeron stated.

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on site working security for the graduation who responded to the taking pictures and the “state of affairs was taken below management very quickly," officers stated.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, mentioned Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our students that this evening, which ought to have been a really completely happy event for our graduates and their households, ended on such a sad notice."

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

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

Two deputies had been on website working safety for the ceremony, however by the time deputies obtained to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young mentioned in a Thursday evening news convention that people in two automobiles have been exchanging gunshots.

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

The sheriff's workplace said two victims in the taking pictures have been later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in stable situation and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in important however steady situation. 

It is not clear if the victims had been linked to the commencement.

The sheriff’s office believes there were greater than two individuals opened fireplace. Initial reports indicate two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a high charge of pace, officers said.

Authorities are also asking for witnesses or people with video or picture 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 at the Center Tennessee State College campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the gang was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old high school scholar wounded, police said. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a fight when a 3rd person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a information conference.

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

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

“The graduation was simply ending, individuals had been leaving, this combat began — so just imagine the chaos when photographs rang out,” Flowers stated.

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