SANTA ROSA, Calif. (NEWSnet/AP) — A 16-year-old student involved in a fight at a Northern California high school was fatally stabbed Wednesday inside a classroom full of students, authorities said.

Another student also suffered a stab wound and the suspect, a 15-year-old freshman, is in custody. 

The two victims, both juniors at walked into an art classroom around 11:15 a.m. and began fighting with the freshman, Santa Rosa Police Chief John Cregan said during a news conference.

About 30 people were in the classroom when the suspect pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the students.

The juniors went to the school nurse and both were conscious and alert when they were taken to the hospital. One of the teens, who had three stab wounds to his upper body, died there.

The other student is expected to survive a stab wound to his left hand.

The freshman fled and was later found hiding in a creek bed and taken into custody. 

The three students appear to have known each other and had fought previously.

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