3 highschool graduations throughout the U.S. finish with gunfire in lower than 24 hours

Three high school commencement ceremonies ended with pictures 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 students crossed phases to obtain their diplomas, chaos ensued with gunfire.

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

Pictures were fired Thursday evening round 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High School had been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to meet with their families, police stated.

Four individuals have been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr stated in a Thursday night news conference. Three had been transported to an space hospital.

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

Expenses are pending because the probe continues and all events involved had been adults, Beckner stated.

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

“At this time we do not believe that there were any college students concerned, we don't consider any juveniles have been struck on this incident,” Bergeron stated.

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals with video footage of shooting to return forward. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on website working security for the graduation who responded to the shooting and the “state of affairs was taken below control very quickly," officers stated.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our students that this night, which should have been a very comfortable event for our graduates and their households, ended on such a sad notice."

Hammond High College students could have a virtual faculty day Friday, though college will go into to highschool, she stated.

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

Two deputies had been on website working safety for the ceremony, however by the point deputies got to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

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

She stated “a lot of photographs” had been fired at the scene.

The sheriff's office stated two victims in the taking pictures have been later located at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in secure situation and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in critical however secure situation. 

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

The sheriff’s office believes there were more than two individuals opened fire. Preliminary stories indicate two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a excessive rate of velocity, officers mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal shooting after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive Faculty held at the Center Tennessee State University campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the gang was leaving. 

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

The suspect, who is also 17, was not recognized because of his age. He will be arraigned in juvenile court on a first-degree homicide cost, Flowers mentioned.

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

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

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