3 high school graduations across 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, one other sobering instance of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage students.

After college students crossed phases to obtain their diplomas, chaos ensued with gunfire.

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

Shots have been fired Thursday evening around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive College were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to meet with their households, police said.

Four folks had been injured in the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr said in a Thursday night news conference. Three had been transported to an area hospital.

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

Fees are pending as the probe continues and all events concerned were adults, Beckner stated.

Police stated Thursday no Hammond High School students are believed to be concerned in the capturing. 

“At the moment we don't believe that there were any students involved, we don't consider any juveniles were struck in this incident,” Bergeron mentioned.

Police are asking for witnesses, or people with video footage of taking pictures to come forward. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on website working security for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “scenario was taken below management in a short time," officials stated.

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

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

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

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

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Younger stated in a Thursday evening information convention that folks in two vehicles had been exchanging gunshots.

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

The sheriff's workplace mentioned two victims within the capturing have been later situated at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in secure situation and a 40-year-old lady from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in crucial but stable condition. 

It isn't clear if the victims had been related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there have been greater than two individuals opened fireplace. Preliminary studies point out two white sedans with a number of folks inside fled the scene at a excessive fee of pace, officials stated.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal capturing after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held at the Center Tennessee State University campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the gang was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool scholar wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a combat when a 3rd particular person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a information convention.

The suspect, who can be 17, was not identified due to his age. He will likely be arraigned in juvenile court on a first-degree homicide charge, Flowers said.

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

“The commencement was simply ending, folks had been leaving, this fight started — so just imagine the chaos when photographs rang out,” Flowers said.

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