{"id":31974,"date":"2022-05-21T18:40:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T18:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=31974"},"modified":"2022-05-21T18:40:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T18:40:32","slug":"3-bystanders-shot-another-victim-trampled-after-gunfire-erupted-at-hammond-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/3-bystanders-shot-another-victim-trampled-after-gunfire-erupted-at-hammond-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"3 bystanders shot, another victim trampled after gunfire erupted at Hammond graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div id=\"highlight-story-8A06B082-E164-435E-929C59D5A58FE551\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>HAMMOND &#8211; Three innocent bystanders were shot after an argument turned into gunfire as students and family members were leaving a high school graduation Thursday night. A fourth victim was hurt in the ensuing stampede as people fled for safety.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened around 8 p.m. as crowds were filing out of the University Center at Southeastern Louisiana University&#8217;s campus following Hammond High&#8217;s graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Police said no students were shot, and none were involved in the confrontation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron identified the suspect as 20-year-old Trent Thomas. He faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, obstruction of justice, aggravated damage to property and possessing a firearm in a school zone.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and was questioned overnight. The Hammond Police Department said the confrontation was gang-related and that they believe at least one other person fired shots. Chief Bergeron added that more arrests are likely.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWBRZNews2%2Fvideos%2F410594277367581%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/wbrz-24hr-live-news\" rel=\"noopener\">An eyewitness said she found her daughter in the crowd at 8:16 p.m. &#8220;And (we were) on the phone with 911 at 8:17,&#8221; the witness said, adding that she ran back inside while calling police.<\/p>\n<p>The witness said it appeared one victim, a man, was shot in the stomach. Another person was shot in the hand.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the victims were released from the hospital as of Friday morning, and the fourth remained hospitalized in stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Melissa Stilley said Hammond High students will have a virtual day Friday and will not report to the school&#8217;s campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/police-id-suspect-in-shooting-at-hammond-graduation-watch-news-conference-here-friday\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] HAMMOND &#8211; Three innocent bystanders were shot after an argument turned into gunfire as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31976,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31974\/revisions\/31976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}