3 high school graduations across the U.S. finish with gunfire in less 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, another sobering example of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage students.

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

At the very least one individual was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted within the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

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

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

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

Expenses are pending because the probe continues and all parties concerned have been adults, Beckner mentioned.

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

“At the moment we do not consider that there were any students concerned, we don't believe any juveniles were struck in this incident,” Bergeron mentioned.

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

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on web site working security for the graduation who responded to the taking pictures and the “situation was taken beneath management very quickly," officials stated.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, stated Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our students that this night time, which should have been a really happy event for our graduates and their households, ended on such a sad observe."

Hammond High School students will have a digital faculty day Friday, though school will go into to school, she mentioned.

A shooting erupted on the East Kentwood High Faculty campus outside the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Different Excessive School at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a statement.

Two deputies were on website working security for the ceremony, but by the point deputies acquired to the parking zone on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

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

She said “a lot of photographs” were fired on the scene.

The sheriff's office said two victims within the shooting have been later positioned at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in steady situation and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and abdomen in crucial but stable condition. 

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

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

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal shooting after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held on the Middle Tennessee State College 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 stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a battle when a third particular person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a news conference.

The suspect, who is also 17, was not identified due to his age. He will be arraigned in juvenile court docket on a first-degree homicide cost, Flowers said.

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

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

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