3 high school graduations throughout the U.S. finish with gunfire in lower than 24 hours

Three high school graduation ceremonies ended with shots fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee throughout the span of 24 hours, another sobering example of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage college students.

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

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

Photographs had been fired Thursday night time around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High Faculty were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to satisfy with their families, police stated.

Four individuals have been injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr said in a Thursday night time news convention. Three have been transported to an area 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 as the probe continues and all parties involved had been adults, Beckner stated.

Police stated Thursday no Hammond Excessive School students are believed to be involved in the shooting. 

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

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals 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 capturing and the “situation was taken below control in a short time," officials said.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our families and to our students that this night, which ought to have been a very happy event for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic notice."

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

A capturing erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive School campus outdoors the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Various High College at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office stated in a press release.

Two deputies were on site working security for the ceremony, however by the time deputies bought to the parking zone on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young mentioned in a Thursday night information conference that people in two cars were exchanging gunshots.

She mentioned “a lot of shots” were fired on the scene.

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

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

The sheriff’s office believes there have been greater than two individuals opened fire. Preliminary reports indicate two white sedans with a number of individuals inside fled the scene at a high fee of velocity, officers mentioned.

Authorities are additionally asking for witnesses or people 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 School 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 third individual opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a news convention.

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

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

“The commencement was simply ending, folks had been leaving, this combat started — so simply think about the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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