A 16-year-old student was fatally stabbed Wednesday during a fight with a classmate at a Northern California high school, authorities said.
Another student was injured and the suspect, a 15-year-old freshman, is in custody, according to Santa Rosa police.
The two victims, both juniors at Montgomery High School, walked into an art classroom around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday and began fighting with the freshman, Santa Rosa Police Chief John Cregan said during a news conference. About 30 people were in the classroom.
Teachers initially broke up the fight but the freshman pulled out a folding knife and stabbed the juniors. Both victims were taken to the hospital, where one of them died. The other is expected to survive his wounds.
The three students appear to have known each other and had fought previously, but Cregan said it wasn’t immediately clear what prompted Wednesday’s fight.
The students’ names were not immediately released.