Stabbing at Arizona High School Leaves 1 Student Dead, Officials Say

U.S.|Stabbing at Arizona High School Leaves 1 Student Dead, Officials Say

A fight between two students at a high school in Arizona on Tuesday morning ended in a stabbing that left one of them dead and the other injured, the authorities said.

In a statement, Tom Horne, the state superintendent of public instruction, confirmed the death of a student at Maryvale High School in Phoenix, calling it a “terrible tragedy.”

“Schools must be safe places,” Mr. Horne said.

The school was initially placed on lockdown. Later, Jennifer Zak, a spokeswoman for the Phoenix Police Department, said that there was no longer any threat to students or staff members.

The police responded to a call of a stabbing at the school around 11 a.m., the department said in a statement on social media.

Officers learned there had been a fight involving two male students, Ms. Zak said. They were taken to a hospital. One of the students died, officials said. The other was expected to survive.

It was not immediately clear what had caused the fight or whether the students knew each other.

No additional information was available on Tuesday afternoon.

Officials from Phoenix Union High School District, which includes Maryvale High School, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

Maryvale High School serves 2,850 students in ninth through 12th grades, according to the school’s website. Its specialty programs include R.O.T.C., mariachi, digital photography, creative writing, computer science and guitar.