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1 Student Dead, 1 Hospitalized After Stabbing at Phoenix’s Maryvale High School
Phoenix, Arizona — On August 19, 2025, tragedy struck Maryvale High School when a stabbing inside a classroom left one student dead and another in police custody. The incident, which occurred shortly before 11 a.m., prompted an immediate police response, a lockdown, and a wave of shock across the community.
According to early reports, the stabbing stemmed from a fight between two male students inside a classroom. A video recorded by a classmate and later uploaded to Snapchat showed the victim, later identified as Michael Montoya II, attempting to get away from the perpetrator, Chris Daniel Aguilar. Montoya eventually fell to the ground, at which point Aguilar pulled out a four-inch folding knife and repeatedly stabbed him.
The attack reportedly followed an earlier dispute. Social media posts claimed that on August 18, Montoya had allegedly robbed Aguilar of his firearm. According to court documents obtained by Fox 10, “The defendant was mad about the…
