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

Three highschool graduation ceremonies ended with photographs fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee within the span of 24 hours, another sobering example of gun violence impacting on a regular basis lives, including that of teenage students.

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

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

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

4 people have been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr mentioned in a Thursday evening news convention. Three were transported to an area hospital.

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

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

Police said Thursday no Hammond Excessive School students are believed to be concerned within the shooting. 

“At the moment we do not believe that there were any students concerned, we don't believe any juveniles had been struck on this incident,” Bergeron stated.

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on web site working safety for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “state of affairs was taken beneath control very quickly," officers mentioned.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Schools, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our students that this night, which ought to have been a very glad occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a sad note."

Hammond Excessive College college students can have a virtual faculty day Friday, though faculty will go into to high school, she stated.

A shooting erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive School campus exterior the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Different Excessive Faculty at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a press release.

Two deputies had been on website working safety for the ceremony, but by the time deputies obtained to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect autos had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger stated in a Thursday night news convention that people in two cars were exchanging gunshots.

She said “numerous shots” had been fired on the scene.

The sheriff's office stated two victims in the shooting had been later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in secure condition and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and abdomen in critical however steady condition. 

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

The sheriff’s office believes there were more than two people opened fireplace. Initial reviews point out two white sedans with a number of people inside fled the scene at a excessive charge of pace, officers said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly taking pictures after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive School held on the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old high school student wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a fight when a 3rd individual opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers stated at a information convention.

The suspect, who can be 17, was not identified because of his age. He will likely be arraigned in juvenile court 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 said.

“The commencement was just ending, people have been leaving, this fight began — so simply think about the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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