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

Three highschool graduation ceremonies ended with pictures fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee inside the span of 24 hours, another sobering instance of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage college 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 in 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 were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to fulfill with their families, police stated.

4 folks have been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr said in a Thursday evening news conference. Three were transported to an space hospital.

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

Charges are pending as the probe continues and all parties involved have been adults, Beckner said.

Police said Thursday no Hammond High College college students are believed to be involved within the shooting. 

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

Police are asking for witnesses, or folks with video footage of shooting to come ahead. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on site working safety for the graduation who responded to the shooting and the “state of affairs was taken under management in a short time," officials mentioned.

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

Hammond High Faculty students may have a virtual school day Friday, although faculty will go into to highschool, she mentioned.

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

Two deputies have been on web site working security for the ceremony, but by the time deputies bought 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 folks in two cars had been exchanging gunshots.

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

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

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

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two individuals opened fire. Initial experiences indicate two white sedans with multiple people inside fled the scene at a excessive charge of speed, officers said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal taking pictures after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive School held on the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool student wounded, police said. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a combat when a 3rd person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a information conference.

The suspect, who can be 17, was not recognized due to his age. He shall be arraigned in juvenile court docket on a first-degree homicide cost, Flowers stated.

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

“The graduation was simply ending, people were leaving, this battle began — so simply imagine the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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