3 highschool graduations across the U.S. finish with gunfire in less than 24 hours

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

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

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

Photographs have been 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 satisfy with their families, police said.

Four individuals were injured in the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening injuries, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr stated in a Thursday night time information convention. Three had been transported to an area hospital.

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

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

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

“Presently we don't imagine that there have been any students involved, we don't imagine any juveniles were struck on this incident,” Bergeron mentioned.

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 site working security for the graduation who responded to the shooting and the “scenario was taken below control in a short time," officers mentioned.

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

Hammond High Faculty college students can have a virtual college day Friday, though college will go into to school, she said.

A shooting erupted at the East Kentwood High College campus outside the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Alternative Excessive College at around 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a press release.

Two deputies have been on web site working security for the ceremony, however by the point deputies received to the parking lot 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 had been exchanging gunshots.

She said “a large number of shots” had been fired on the scene.

The sheriff's office said two victims within the capturing were later located 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 in the wrist and stomach in critical however stable situation. 

It isn't clear if the victims have been linked to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there have been more than two people opened hearth. Initial experiences point out two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a high price of speed, officers said.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal shooting after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive College held at the Middle Tennessee State University campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the group was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old high school pupil wounded, police stated. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a battle when a third individual opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a news convention.

The suspect, who can be 17, was not identified because of his age. He might be arraigned in juvenile court docket on a first-degree homicide cost, Flowers stated.

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

“The commencement was simply ending, people were leaving, this struggle started — so just think about the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers stated.

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