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

Three high school commencement ceremonies ended with shots fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee throughout the span of 24 hours, another sobering instance 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.

No less than one individual was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted within the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Photographs had been fired Thursday night time round 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive School have been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to fulfill with their households, police stated.

Four individuals had been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr mentioned in a Thursday night time information convention. Three were transported to an space hospital.

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

Prices are pending as the probe continues and all parties involved have been adults, Beckner said.

Police stated Thursday no Hammond Excessive Faculty students are believed to be involved in the shooting. 

“Right now we do not consider that there were any students concerned, we don't imagine any juveniles had been struck on this incident,” Bergeron said.

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

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on site working safety for the commencement who responded to the capturing and the “state of affairs was taken beneath management very quickly," officials mentioned.

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

Hammond Excessive College college students can have a digital faculty day Friday, although faculty will go into to school, she mentioned.

A capturing erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive Faculty campus outdoors the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Different High Faculty at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace said in a statement.

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

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

She said “numerous photographs” had been fired at the scene.

The sheriff's workplace 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 stable condition and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in vital but steady situation. 

It isn't clear if the victims were related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two individuals opened fireplace. Preliminary studies indicate two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a high charge of velocity, officials mentioned.

Authorities are also 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 capturing after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale Excessive College held at the Middle Tennessee State University campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the group was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool pupil wounded, police stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a struggle when a 3rd person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a news conference.

The suspect, who can be 17, was not identified due to his age. He will likely be arraigned in juvenile court docket on a first-degree murder cost, Flowers said.

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

“The commencement was just ending, individuals were leaving, this fight started — so simply think about the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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