3 high school graduations across the U.S. end with gunfire in lower than 24 hours

Three highschool commencement ceremonies ended with shots fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee throughout the span of 24 hours, one other sobering instance of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage college students.

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

No less than one individual was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Pictures had been fired Thursday night around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive Faculty had been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to meet with their families, police mentioned.

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

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

Charges are pending as the probe continues and all parties involved had been adults, Beckner said.

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

“Right now we don't consider that there have been any college students involved, we don't consider any juveniles were struck in this incident,” Bergeron stated.

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

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on website working security for the graduation who responded to the taking pictures and the “situation was taken beneath control in a short time," officers mentioned.

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

Hammond High School students could have a virtual faculty day Friday, although school will go into to high school, she stated.

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

Two deputies have been on web site working safety for the ceremony, but by the time deputies received to the car parking zone on foot, “the suspect autos had fled.” 

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

She stated “a large number of shots” have been fired on the scene.

The sheriff's workplace mentioned two victims in the taking pictures were later located 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 lady from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in essential but stable condition. 

It is not clear if the victims were linked to the graduation.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were greater than two people opened fire. Preliminary stories point out two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a high charge of pace, officers said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive College held on the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the crowd was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool pupil wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a combat when a third particular person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a information conference.

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

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

“The graduation was simply ending, folks were leaving, this fight started — so simply think about the chaos when photographs rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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