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

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

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

No less than one person was killed and seven others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Shots had been fired Thursday night time round 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High School had been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to satisfy with their families, police mentioned.

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

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

Fees are pending as the probe continues and all events concerned were adults, Beckner mentioned.

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

“At the moment we do not imagine that there have been any students concerned, we do not consider any juveniles had been struck in this incident,” Bergeron stated.

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on website working security for the commencement who responded to the taking pictures and the “situation was taken underneath control in a short time," officers said.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, mentioned Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our college students that this evening, which should have been a really happy occasion for our graduates and their households, ended on such a tragic observe."

Hammond Excessive Faculty students may have a virtual faculty day Friday, though college will go into to highschool, she said.

A shooting erupted at the East Kentwood High Faculty campus outside the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Various Excessive Faculty at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in an announcement.

Two deputies had been on site working security for the ceremony, however by the point deputies received to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

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

She mentioned “a lot of pictures” have been fired on the scene.

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

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

The sheriff’s office believes there have been greater than two people opened fireplace. Initial experiences indicate two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a high charge of speed, officials said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly shooting after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High College held on the Middle Tennessee State University campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the gang was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old high school scholar wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a battle when a 3rd person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a news conference.

The suspect, who can also be 17, was not identified because of his age. He shall be arraigned in juvenile courtroom 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 just ending, people have been leaving, this combat started — so just imagine the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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