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

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

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

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

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

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

Prices are pending as the probe continues and all events concerned have been adults, Beckner mentioned.

Police stated Thursday no Hammond Excessive School students are believed to be involved within the capturing. 

“Presently we don't believe that there were any students involved, we do not believe any juveniles have been struck on this incident,” Bergeron stated.

Police are asking for witnesses, or individuals with video footage of capturing to come back ahead. 

There have been Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies on website working security for the commencement who responded to the shooting and the “situation was taken under management very quickly," officials said.

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 happy event for our graduates and their households, ended on such a tragic observe."

Hammond Excessive School college students will have a virtual college day Friday, although school will go into to high school, she said.

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

Two deputies have been on website working safety for the ceremony, however by the time deputies got to the parking lot on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

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

She said “numerous pictures” were fired on the scene.

The sheriff's office mentioned two victims within the capturing were later situated at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in secure situation and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot within the wrist and stomach in crucial but steady condition. 

It's not clear if the victims had been related to the commencement.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there were more than two individuals opened fireplace. Initial stories indicate two white sedans with multiple individuals inside fled the scene at a excessive charge of velocity, officials said.

Authorities are additionally asking for witnesses or individuals with video or photograph 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 crowd was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old high school student wounded, police mentioned. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten into a fight when a third person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers stated at a information conference.

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

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

“The graduation was simply ending, individuals had been leaving, this fight began — so simply think about the chaos when pictures rang out,” Flowers stated.

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