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

Three high school commencement ceremonies ended with pictures fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee within the span of 24 hours, another sobering example of gun violence impacting on a regular basis lives, including that of teenage students.

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

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

Photographs had been fired Thursday night 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 households, police mentioned.

Four folks were injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr stated in a Thursday evening news convention. Three were transported to an area hospital.

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

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

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

“Presently we don't imagine that there were any college students involved, we do not consider any juveniles have been struck on 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 Office deputies on site working security for the commencement who responded to the taking pictures and the “state of affairs was taken beneath control very quickly," officials said.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Faculties, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our college students that this evening, which ought to have been a really joyful event for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic notice."

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

A capturing erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive Faculty campus exterior 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 said in an announcement.

Two deputies had been on website working security for the ceremony, but by the point deputies obtained to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect autos had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger said in a Thursday evening information convention that folks in two cars have been exchanging gunshots.

She stated “numerous photographs” had been fired on the scene.

The sheriff's office mentioned two victims within the shooting were later located at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in secure condition and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in critical however stable situation. 

It's not clear if the victims had been related to the graduation.

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

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal shooting 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 group was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool scholar wounded, police stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a battle when a third individual opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a information convention.

The suspect, who can also be 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 said.

“The commencement was simply ending, individuals have been leaving, this combat began — so simply imagine the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers said.

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