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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Expenses are pending as the probe continues and all events concerned had been adults, Beckner stated.

Police said Thursday no Hammond High Faculty students are believed to be concerned within the capturing. 

“At this time we do not believe that there were any college students involved, we do not consider any juveniles have been struck in this incident,” Bergeron stated.

Police are asking for witnesses, or folks with video footage of taking pictures to return ahead. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on site working safety for the commencement who responded to the shooting and the “situation was taken underneath control in a short time," officials stated.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our college students that this night, which should have been a very comfortable occasion for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic note."

Hammond Excessive School college students can have a virtual college day Friday, though faculty will go into to school, she said.

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood High College campus exterior 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 obtained to the parking zone on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger said in a Thursday evening news conference that folks in two vehicles have been exchanging gunshots.

She stated “a large number of shots” were fired at the scene.

The sheriff's office stated two victims in the capturing have been later positioned at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in secure condition and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and stomach in critical however secure situation. 

It's not clear if the victims have been related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were greater than two people opened fireplace. Initial reviews indicate two white sedans with a number of individuals inside fled the scene at a excessive price of pace, officials mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty 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 highschool pupil wounded, police said. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a struggle when a 3rd person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a information convention.

The suspect, who can be 17, was not identified because of his age. He can be arraigned in juvenile courtroom on a first-degree homicide charge, Flowers said.

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

“The commencement was just ending, people have been leaving, this fight started — so just think about the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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