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

Three high school graduation ceremonies ended with pictures fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee throughout the span of 24 hours, one other sobering instance 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 individual was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted within the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

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

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

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

Fees are pending because the probe continues and all events concerned had been adults, Beckner stated.

Police said Thursday no Hammond High School students are believed to be concerned within the taking pictures. 

“Right now we don't imagine that there were any college students involved, we don't consider any juveniles had been struck in this incident,” Bergeron mentioned.

Police are asking for witnesses, or people with video footage of taking pictures to return forward. 

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on website working safety for the commencement who responded to the shooting and the “scenario was taken below control in a short time," officers said.

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

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

A taking pictures erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive School campus outside the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Various High School at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office stated in a statement.

Two deputies had been on site working security for the ceremony, but by the time deputies received to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young said in a Thursday evening news convention that folks in two automobiles have been exchanging gunshots.

She stated “numerous pictures” were fired at the scene.

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

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

The sheriff’s office believes there were more than two individuals opened fireplace. Initial experiences point out two white sedans with multiple folks inside fled the scene at a high rate of speed, officers stated.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held at the Center Tennessee State University campus shortly earlier than 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 combat when a 3rd individual opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers stated at a information conference.

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

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

“The graduation was simply ending, individuals had been leaving, this fight began — so simply imagine the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers said.

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