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

Three highschool graduation ceremonies ended with pictures fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee inside the span of 24 hours, another sobering instance of gun violence impacting everyday lives, together with that of teenage college students.

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

At the 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 were fired Thursday night around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High School have been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to meet with their families, police stated.

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

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

Fees are pending as the probe continues and all parties involved have been adults, Beckner stated.

Police mentioned Thursday no Hammond Excessive College students are believed to be involved within the capturing. 

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

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

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on website working safety for the commencement who responded to the taking pictures and the “situation was taken underneath management in a short time," officers stated.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Faculties, Melissa Martin Stilley, mentioned Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our students that this night, which should have been a very completely happy occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a tragic be aware."

Hammond High College college students may have a virtual school day Friday, though school will go into to highschool, she mentioned.

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

Two deputies had been on site working security for the ceremony, but by the point deputies got to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

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

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

The sheriff's workplace mentioned two victims in the capturing have been later situated at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in secure situation and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and stomach in crucial however stable situation. 

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

The sheriff’s office believes there have been greater than two people opened fire. Initial reports indicate two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a excessive charge of speed, officials mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal shooting after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale High College held at the Center 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 pupil wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a battle when a 3rd particular person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a information convention.

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

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

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

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