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

Three high school commencement ceremonies ended with photographs fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee inside the span of 24 hours, one other sobering example of gun violence impacting everyday lives, together with that of teenage college students.

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

At least one person was killed and seven 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 around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive School had been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to meet with their households, police stated.

4 folks were injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr stated in a Thursday evening information convention. Three were transported to an space hospital.

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

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

Police said Thursday no Hammond Excessive Faculty college students are believed to be involved in the taking pictures. 

“At the moment we don't consider that there were any college students concerned, we do not imagine any juveniles had been struck in this incident,” Bergeron mentioned.

Police are asking for witnesses, or folks with video footage of capturing to return forward. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on site working safety for the graduation who responded to the taking pictures and the “scenario 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 night time, which should have been a really completely satisfied occasion for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic be aware."

Hammond High School college students can have a digital school day Friday, although college will go into to school, she said.

A capturing erupted on the East Kentwood High Faculty campus outside the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Various High Faculty at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office stated in a statement.

Two deputies have been on web site working safety for the ceremony, but by the point deputies received to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young mentioned in a Thursday evening information convention that folks in two automobiles had been exchanging gunshots.

She mentioned “numerous pictures” were fired on the scene.

The sheriff's workplace stated two victims within the capturing have been later situated 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 woman from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and stomach in important but steady condition. 

It's not clear if the victims have been related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there have been more than two individuals opened fireplace. Initial stories indicate two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a high fee of pace, officials mentioned.

Authorities are additionally asking for witnesses or people with video or photo footage of the incident to submit tips. 

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal shooting after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held at the Center 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 high school scholar wounded, police stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a combat when a 3rd person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a information conference.

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

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

“The commencement was just ending, individuals have been leaving, this combat started — so simply imagine the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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