B.C. watchdog investigating after youth injured jumping off school roof

CRANBROOK — British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating after a youth was seriously injured while jumping from the roof of a school.

The Independent Investigations Office and the RCMP say in separate statements that it began Wednesday morning when police were called to a home in Cranbrook where a youth was alleged to have threatened people with a knife.

Police say the youth ran off and was found on the roof of a nearby school.

Officers say they evacuated the school “out of an abundance of caution,” then set up a containment and tried to communicate with the suspect.