( CNN ) -- An altercation between a South Carolina high school student and a school resource officer ended tragically Friday with the student dead of a gunshot wound and the officer hospitalized after being stabbed . Police officers in body armor vests are on the scene after violence at a school near Myrtle Beach , South Carolina . The incident took place about 8:25 a.m. , and both the officer and the 16-year-old student were transported to Conway Medical Center , where the student died , said Sgt . Robert Kegler of the Horry County Police Department . The resource officer , who was a Horry County police officer assigned to the school , remains hospitalized , he said . Kegler had no other information . `` Anytime anything happens with a police officer like this , we ask an outside agency to come in to investigate , '' he said . `` In this case , the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is taking the lead . '' Teal Britton , a spokeswoman for Horry County Schools , said the student had asked to see the officer at Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach . `` They went into his office , and the door was shut , and then the struggle began , '' she said . School officials have `` no clue in terms of what might have brought that about . '' Britton also had no further information and said the Law Enforcement Division had asked that the high school refrain from discussing details . Neither Britton nor Kegler named the officer or the student . The state agency has not responded to requests for comment . Myrtle Beach is a popular vacation destination in northeast South Carolina , on the Atlantic coast . CNN 's Carolina Sanchez contributed to this report .
NEW : Police confirm incident at South Carolina high school . Student , 16 , dies after struggle with school resource officer . Score: 6 Officer being treated for injuries at hospital , spokeswoman says .