3 high school graduations across the U.S. finish with gunfire in less than 24 hours

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

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

Not less than one person was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Photographs were fired Thursday night time around 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 said.

4 folks were injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr stated in a Thursday night information convention. Three were transported to an space hospital.

A suspect was situated after a short 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 were adults, Beckner mentioned.

Police stated Thursday no Hammond Excessive School college students are believed to be involved within the capturing. 

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

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on web site working safety for the commencement who responded to the capturing and the “situation was taken below management very quickly," officers said.

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

Hammond High College college students may have a digital college day Friday, though college will go into to high school, she mentioned.

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood High Faculty campus outside the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Different Excessive Faculty at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a statement.

Two deputies were on web site working safety for the ceremony, but by the point deputies bought to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

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

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

The sheriff's office said two victims in the capturing were later situated 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 lady from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and abdomen in critical but secure condition. 

It's not clear if the victims had been connected to the commencement.

The sheriff’s office believes there have been greater than two people opened fire. Initial reports point out two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a excessive rate of pace, officials mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal capturing after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale Excessive Faculty held at the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the gang 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 struggle when a 3rd particular person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a news convention.

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

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

“The graduation was just ending, people had been leaving, this struggle began — so simply imagine the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers stated.

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