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

Three high school graduation 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 college students crossed stages to obtain their diplomas, chaos ensued with gunfire.

Not less than one particular person was killed and seven others injured in collective shootings that resulted within the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Shots were fired Thursday evening around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High Faculty were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to fulfill with their households, police mentioned.

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

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

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

Police mentioned Thursday no Hammond Excessive Faculty students are believed to be concerned in the shooting. 

“Right now we don't imagine that there were any college students involved, we do not consider any juveniles were struck on this incident,” Bergeron stated.

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on site working safety for the graduation who responded to the taking pictures and the “situation was taken beneath management in a short time," officials mentioned.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, mentioned Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our students that this evening, which ought to have been a very blissful occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a sad be aware."

Hammond Excessive College college students may have a virtual college day Friday, although college will go into to high school, she mentioned.

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood Excessive School campus outdoors the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Various High School at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace said in a press release.

Two deputies have been on web site working safety for the ceremony, however by the time deputies obtained to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger said in a Thursday evening news convention that people in two vehicles were exchanging gunshots.

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

The sheriff's workplace stated two victims within the shooting had been later positioned 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 lady from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and abdomen in critical but stable condition. 

It isn't clear if the victims have been connected to the commencement.

The sheriff’s office believes there were more than two people opened hearth. Initial reviews point out two white sedans with multiple people inside fled the scene at a high fee 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 shooting after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale Excessive School 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 pupil wounded, police stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a battle when a third person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a news conference.

The suspect, who can be 17, was not identified because of his age. He will probably be arraigned in juvenile court docket on a first-degree murder charge, Flowers said.

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

“The graduation was just ending, folks have been leaving, this battle started — so just think about the chaos when photographs rang out,” Flowers said.

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