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

Three highschool graduation ceremonies ended with shots fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee throughout the span of 24 hours, another sobering example of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage students.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Police mentioned Thursday no Hammond High School students are believed to be involved in the taking pictures. 

“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 mentioned.

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

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

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Faculties, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our students that this evening, which should have been a very blissful event for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic word."

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

A shooting erupted on the East Kentwood Excessive Faculty campus outdoors the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Alternative High Faculty at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in an announcement.

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

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger mentioned in a Thursday evening information conference that folks in two cars had been exchanging gunshots.

She said “numerous photographs” were fired at the scene.

The sheriff's workplace said two victims in the shooting were later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in secure condition and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and stomach in vital however secure condition. 

It isn't clear if the victims were related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there have been greater than two people opened fire. Initial stories point out two white sedans with multiple people inside fled the scene at a excessive fee of pace, officials mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly taking pictures after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held on the Center Tennessee State University campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the group was leaving. 

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

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

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

“The commencement was just ending, individuals were leaving, this battle began — so just imagine the chaos when photographs rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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