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

Three highschool commencement ceremonies ended with pictures 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 levels to obtain their diplomas, chaos ensued with gunfire.

A minimum of one particular person was killed and 7 others injured in collective shootings that resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Photographs were fired Thursday night time around 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive College were leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to fulfill with their families, police said.

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 were transported to an space hospital.

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

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

Police mentioned Thursday no Hammond High Faculty college students are believed to be involved within the taking pictures. 

“Right now we do not consider that there were any students concerned, we do not believe any juveniles had been struck on this incident,” Bergeron stated.

Police are asking for witnesses, or folks with video footage of taking pictures to come forward. 

There were Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace deputies on site working security for the graduation who responded to the capturing and the “scenario was taken beneath control in a short time," officials mentioned.

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

Hammond High Faculty students will have a virtual college day Friday, although college will go into to school, she stated.

A capturing erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive College campus outdoors the soccer stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a commencement ceremony for Crossroads Various Excessive School at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in an announcement.

Two deputies have been on web site working safety for the ceremony, but by the time deputies got to the parking zone on foot, “the suspect automobiles had fled.” 

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

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

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

It's not clear if the victims were connected to the graduation.

The sheriff’s workplace believes there have been greater than two people opened fireplace. Preliminary studies point out two white sedans with a number of people inside fled the scene at a excessive rate of pace, officers mentioned.

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 deadly capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held on the Center Tennessee State College campus shortly earlier than 9 p.m. Wednesday as the gang was leaving. 

Hasani Brewer, 18, was killed and a 17-year-old highschool pupil wounded, police said. Brewer and the teenager who was shot had gotten right into a combat when a 3rd particular person opened fire, police spokesperson Larry Flowers stated at a news convention.

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

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

“The graduation was just ending, individuals have been leaving, this struggle started — so just imagine the chaos when shots rang out,” Flowers said.

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