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

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

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

No less than one person was killed and seven others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

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

Four individuals were injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr said in a Thursday night information convention. Three have been transported to an area hospital.

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

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

Police said Thursday no Hammond High School college students are believed to be involved in the capturing. 

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

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals with video footage of capturing to come ahead. 

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on site working safety for the commencement who responded to the shooting and the “scenario was taken beneath management in a short time," officials mentioned.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Faculties, Melissa Martin Stilley, mentioned Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our college students that this night time, which should have been a very joyful event for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic note."

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

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood Excessive College campus outside the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Various Excessive College at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace said in an announcement.

Two deputies were on web site working security for the ceremony, however by the point deputies obtained to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger mentioned in a Thursday night information conference that individuals in two automobiles had been exchanging gunshots.

She said “a large number of photographs” were fired on the scene.

The sheriff's workplace mentioned two victims within the shooting have been later located at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in stable condition and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in critical however steady situation. 

It isn't clear if the victims had been linked to the graduation.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two individuals opened hearth. Initial studies point out two white sedans with a number of individuals inside fled the scene at a high fee of pace, officials said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive Faculty held at the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the group was leaving. 

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

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

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

“The graduation was just ending, folks were leaving, this fight began — so just think about the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers stated.

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