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

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

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

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

Photographs were fired Thursday night around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond High School were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to meet with their households, police said.

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 information convention. Three were transported to an space hospital.

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

Costs are pending as the probe continues and all parties concerned have been adults, Beckner stated.

Police mentioned Thursday no Hammond High College students are believed to be concerned within the shooting. 

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

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

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on site working security for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “situation was taken under management very quickly," officials mentioned.

Tangipahoa Parish Superintendent of Colleges, Melissa Martin Stilley, said Thursday, "We apologize to our households and to our students that this evening, which should have been a really blissful occasion for our graduates and their families, ended on such a tragic be aware."

Hammond Excessive Faculty college students may have a digital school day Friday, although school will go into to highschool, she stated.

A taking pictures erupted on the East Kentwood High School campus outside the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Various Excessive College at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace said in a statement.

Two deputies were on site working security for the ceremony, however by the point deputies acquired to the parking zone on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young said in a Thursday night news conference that people in two vehicles have been exchanging gunshots.

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

The sheriff's workplace said two victims in the taking pictures were later located at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in stable situation and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in crucial however secure situation. 

It isn't clear if the victims have been connected to the graduation.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two individuals opened fire. Initial stories point out two white sedans with multiple folks inside fled the scene at a excessive rate of speed, officers stated.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal capturing after a commencement ceremony for Riverdale High School held on the Middle 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 high school scholar wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a battle when a third particular person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers said at a information convention.

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

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

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

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