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

Three high school graduation ceremonies ended with photographs fired in separate incidents in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee inside the span of 24 hours, another sobering instance 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.

At the very least one individual was killed and seven others injured in collective shootings that resulted within the arrest of a 17-year-old gunman in Tennessee.

Pictures had been fired Thursday night round 8:15 p.m as graduates of Hammond Excessive Faculty have been leaving their ceremony held on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana College to meet with their households, police stated.

Four people were injured within the gunfire, all with non-life-threatening accidents, Hammond PD Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr said in a Thursday night time information convention. Three were transported to an area hospital.

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

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

Police stated Thursday no Hammond Excessive Faculty students are believed to be concerned within the capturing. 

“Right now we don't consider that there have been any college students involved, we don't believe any juveniles had been struck on this incident,” Bergeron said.

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 web site working security for the commencement who responded to the shooting and the “state of affairs was taken beneath management very quickly," officials said.

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

Hammond High School college students will have a digital faculty day Friday, though school will go into to highschool, she said.

A shooting erupted at the East Kentwood Excessive School campus outdoors the football stadium in Michigan on Thursday throughout a graduation ceremony for Crossroads Various High School at round 7:20 p.m., injuring two, the Kent County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a statement.

Two deputies were on site working safety for the ceremony, however by the time deputies obtained to the parking zone on foot, “the suspect vehicles had fled.” 

Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young stated in a Thursday evening information convention that people in two cars had been exchanging gunshots.

She said “a lot of pictures” were fired at the scene.

The sheriff's office stated two victims in the capturing have been later located at space hospitals: a 16-year-old from Texas who was shot in the wrist and is in steady condition and a 40-year-old woman from Grand Rapids who was shot in the wrist and stomach in critical but stable condition. 

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

The sheriff’s office believes there were more than two individuals opened fireplace. Preliminary reports point out two white sedans with multiple folks inside fled the scene at a high charge of speed, officials said.

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 deadly capturing after a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High Faculty held on the Middle Tennessee State College campus shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday as the group 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 into a struggle when a third person opened fireplace, police spokesperson Larry Flowers mentioned at a information conference.

The suspect, who is also 17, was not recognized because of his age. He shall be arraigned in juvenile court on a first-degree murder cost, Flowers stated.

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

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

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