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

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

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

A minimum of 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 had been fired Thursday night around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High Faculty have been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to satisfy with their households, police mentioned.

4 people have been injured in the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr mentioned in a Thursday night time information conference. Three had been transported to an area hospital.

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

Expenses are pending because the probe continues and all parties concerned were adults, Beckner stated.

Police mentioned Thursday no Hammond Excessive Faculty students are believed to be involved within the shooting. 

“Right now we don't believe that there were any college students concerned, 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 capturing to come ahead. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on web site working safety for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “situation was taken under control very quickly," officers stated.

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

Hammond Excessive College students may have a digital faculty day Friday, although faculty will go into to school, she mentioned.

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood Excessive College campus exterior the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Alternative High College at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace said in an announcement.

Two deputies were on site working safety for the ceremony, however by the point deputies acquired to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young said in a Thursday night information convention that individuals in two cars were exchanging gunshots.

She stated “numerous shots” had been fired at the scene.

The sheriff's workplace said two victims in the shooting were later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in steady condition and a 40-year-old lady from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in essential but stable situation. 

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

The sheriff’s workplace believes there have been greater than two people opened fire. Preliminary reports indicate two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a excessive charge of pace, officers stated.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a deadly capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive Faculty held on the Center 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 high school pupil wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a battle when a third particular person opened hearth, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a news convention.

The suspect, who is also 17, was not identified due to his age. He will likely be arraigned in juvenile courtroom on a first-degree homicide cost, Flowers stated.

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

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

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