Spring High School stabbing

Spring High School stabbing
LocationSpring, Texas, United States
Coordinates30°03′11″N 95°25′47″W / 30.05296°N 95.42986°W / 30.05296; -95.42986
DateSeptember 4, 2013 (2013-09-04)
7:10 a.m.
TargetStudents and staff at Spring High School
Attack type
Mass stabbing, school stabbing
WeaponsPocket knife
Deaths1 (Joshua Broussard)
Injured3
PerpetratorLuis 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.