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

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

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

A minimum of one particular person was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

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

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

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

Prices are pending because the probe continues and all events involved were adults, Beckner mentioned.

Police stated Thursday no Hammond High Faculty college students are believed to be concerned within the taking pictures. 

“At the moment we do not imagine that there have been any students involved, we don't consider any juveniles have been struck on this incident,” Bergeron said.

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on web site working security for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “state of affairs was taken below control in a short time," officials said.

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

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

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood High School campus outside the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Various High Faculty at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a press release.

Two deputies have been on site working security for the ceremony, however by the time deputies bought to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young mentioned in a Thursday night information conference that people in two vehicles had been exchanging gunshots.

She stated “numerous shots” had been fired at the scene.

The sheriff's workplace stated two victims in the shooting were later located at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in stable situation and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and stomach in critical however secure condition. 

It's not clear if the victims were connected to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two individuals opened fireplace. Preliminary reviews point out two white sedans with a number of individuals inside fled the scene at a high fee of pace, officers mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal 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 highschool scholar wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a struggle when a 3rd particular person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a news conference.

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

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

“The commencement was just ending, folks have been leaving, this battle began — so simply imagine the chaos when photographs rang out,” Flowers stated.

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