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

Three high school graduation ceremonies ended with pictures fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee throughout the span of 24 hours, one other sobering example of gun violence impacting everyday lives, including that of teenage students.

After college students crossed stages to receive 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.

Photographs were fired Thursday evening 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 fulfill with their households, police said.

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

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

Expenses are pending as the probe continues and all parties involved were adults, Beckner said.

Police said Thursday no Hammond Excessive Faculty college students are believed to be concerned within the taking pictures. 

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

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals with video footage of capturing to return forward. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on web site working safety for the commencement who responded to the taking pictures and the “scenario was taken underneath management in a short time," officials mentioned.

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

Hammond Excessive College students may have a virtual faculty day Friday, though college will go into to school, she stated.

A shooting erupted on the East Kentwood High Faculty campus outside the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Various Excessive Faculty at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a press release.

Two deputies have been on website working security for the ceremony, however by the point deputies acquired to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect autos had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young mentioned in a Thursday evening news convention that folks in two cars were exchanging gunshots.

She mentioned “numerous photographs” were fired on the scene.

The sheriff's workplace said two victims in the shooting had been later located at area hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot within the wrist and is in steady situation and a 40-year-old girl from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and abdomen in crucial however steady condition. 

It is not clear if the victims have been related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s office believes there were more than two people opened fireplace. Preliminary reviews point out two white sedans with a number of people inside fled the scene at a high charge of pace, officials mentioned.

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

A 17-year-old was arrested in a lethal shooting after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale Excessive Faculty held at the Middle Tennessee State College 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 said. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a struggle when a third particular person opened hearth, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a news convention.

The suspect, who is also 17, was not identified because of his age. He might be arraigned in juvenile court on a first-degree murder charge, Flowers said.

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

“The commencement was just ending, individuals have been leaving, this combat began — so simply think about the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers mentioned.

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