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

Three high school graduation 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 college students.

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

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

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

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

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

Fees are pending as the probe continues and all parties concerned had been adults, Beckner mentioned.

Police said Thursday no Hammond Excessive College college students are believed to be concerned within the capturing. 

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

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on site working security for the commencement who responded to the shooting and the “scenario was taken under management very quickly," officials said.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our college students that this night time, which ought to have been a really happy occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a tragic be aware."

Hammond High College college students can have a virtual school day Friday, although school will go into to high school, she said.

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

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

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young mentioned in a Thursday night news conference that individuals in two automobiles were exchanging gunshots.

She stated “a large number of photographs” have been fired at the scene.

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

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

The sheriff’s workplace believes there have been more than two individuals opened fireplace. Initial stories point out two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a excessive rate of speed, officials said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal taking pictures after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale Excessive Faculty held at the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool pupil wounded, police stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a battle when a third person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers stated at a information conference.

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

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

“The graduation was just ending, people have been leaving, this struggle started — so simply imagine the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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