A 17-year-old student has been stabbed to death and three others are injured after a fight at a Houston-area high school.

Aerial view of shooting at Spring High School in Houston
Aerial view of shooting at Spring High School in Houston (KTRK TV via Facebook)
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Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia says a confrontation around 7 a.m. Wednesday at Spring High School escalated and resulted in multiple stabbings. He says all the people involved in the fight were students in the Spring school district.

Three others described as "persons of interest" are being questioned by investigators. Garcia says authorities are not searching for any other suspects.

Garcia says two students have been hospitalized with minor injuries and the third is listed in good condition after being airlifted to a Houston hospital

Authorities did not say what prompted the confrontation.

Spring is about 20 miles north of Houston.

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