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South Carolina student shot after school stabbing
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A police officer assigned to a South Carolina school
shot and killed a 16-year-old student on Friday after an 11th grader stabbed him, the local school district said.
"That is... exactly what is understood to have happened," said Teal Britton, a spokeswoman for the Horry County School District, after reports first emerged about the incident at Carolina Forest High School.
"At 8:20am, 8:25am, an incident occurred that involved an 11th grade student and the school resource officer that was not witnessed by any other student," she told AFP.
School administrators were on campus at the time and "heard the struggle" between the officer and the male student, Britton added.
"As a result of the incident, both the student and the school resource officer were injured and were transported to Conway Medical Center, and it was reported... shortly after 11:00am by the coroner that the student was deceased."
The officer, whose name was not released, was part of a South Carolina program providing liaison police officers to all state secondary and middle schools "to assist with school safety," she added.
The high school, which has some 1,975 students according to its website, was locked down in the wake of the incident, but students were not evacuated and Britton said classes were still being taught.
Parents were given the option of picking up their children.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the incident because it involved a police officer.
"We have agents still assessing the situation. We hope to release information as confirmed details are gathered," said division spokesman Jennifer Timmons.
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A police officer assigned to a South Carolina school
shot and killed a 16-year-old student on Friday after an 11th grader stabbed him, the local school district said.
"That is... exactly what is understood to have happened," said Teal Britton, a spokeswoman for the Horry County School District, after reports first emerged about the incident at Carolina Forest High School.
"At 8:20am, 8:25am, an incident occurred that involved an 11th grade student and the school resource officer that was not witnessed by any other student," she told AFP.
School administrators were on campus at the time and "heard the struggle" between the officer and the male student, Britton added.
"As a result of the incident, both the student and the school resource officer were injured and were transported to Conway Medical Center, and it was reported... shortly after 11:00am by the coroner that the student was deceased."
The officer, whose name was not released, was part of a South Carolina program providing liaison police officers to all state secondary and middle schools "to assist with school safety," she added.
The high school, which has some 1,975 students according to its website, was locked down in the wake of the incident, but students were not evacuated and Britton said classes were still being taught.
Parents were given the option of picking up their children.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the incident because it involved a police officer.
"We have agents still assessing the situation. We hope to release information as confirmed details are gathered," said division spokesman Jennifer Timmons.
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