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

Three high school graduation ceremonies ended with shots fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee inside the span of 24 hours, another sobering instance of gun violence impacting on a regular basis lives, including that of teenage students.

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

A minimum of one particular person was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Pictures were fired Thursday night round 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High College were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to fulfill with their families, police mentioned.

4 folks had been injured in the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr said in a Thursday evening information conference. Three were transported to an space hospital.

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

Prices are pending as the probe continues and all events concerned were adults, Beckner mentioned.

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

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

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals with video footage of shooting to come ahead. 

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on web site working security for the commencement who responded to the capturing and the “state of affairs was taken beneath control very quickly," officers said.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our college students that this evening, which should have been a very completely satisfied occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a tragic be aware."

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

A shooting erupted on the East Kentwood Excessive College campus outdoors the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Different Excessive College at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office said in an announcement.

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

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger stated in a Thursday evening news conference that people in two automobiles were exchanging gunshots.

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

The sheriff's office said two victims in the capturing had been later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in steady condition and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and stomach in vital but secure condition. 

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

The sheriff’s office believes there have been greater than two individuals opened fire. Preliminary reviews indicate two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a excessive fee of velocity, officers mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High College held at the Center Tennessee State University campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd 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 into a struggle when a 3rd person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a news convention.

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

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

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

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