Posted: Thursday, February 8, 2018 11:32 am | Updated: 1:32 pm, Thu Feb 8, 2018.

DALLAS (AP) — One man has died after he and three others were stabbed during a church service at a private home in Texas, police said Thursday.

As many as 20 people were in the home Wednesday night when an apparent member of the congregation pulled a knife and stabbed four men, said Corpus Christi police Lt. Chris Hooper. He said a 61-year-old man later died of his injuries, while the church's 54-year-old pastor was hospitalized in serious condition.

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