Spring High School stabbing
| Spring High School stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Spring, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 30°03′11″N 95°25′47″W / 30.05296°N 95.42986°W |
| Date | September 4, 2013 7:10 a.m. |
| Target | Students and staff at Spring High School |
Attack type | Mass stabbing, school stabbing |
| Weapons | Pocket knife |
| Deaths | 1 (Joshua Broussard) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Luis Alonzo Alfaro |
On September 4, 2013, one student was killed and three others were wounded in a stabbing attack at Spring High School in Spring, Texas, United States. A 17-year-old student, identified as Luis Alonzo Alfaro, was arrested and charged with the murder. In September 2014, Alfaro was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The stabbing raised issues of gang and racial tensions among the Spring High School community and local community leaders.