Officer stopped boy from jumping off hotel balcony - abc27 WHTM

Police in York County said one of their officers stopped an 11-year-old boy from jumping off a second-floor balcony at a Fairview Township motel.

Officer William Buzzard was patrolling local motels Monday afternoon when he encountered the boy at the Motel 6 off Limekiln Road, township police said in a news release.

The boy apparently has mental health issues and was running around and screaming, and his parents were having difficulty controlling him, police said.

While Officer Buzzard was speaking with the parents, the boy climbed over the balcony railing and yelled that he wanted to kill himself, police said. The officer was able to grab the child and pull him back before any harm could come to him.

The boy was taken to a hospital for evaluation and treatment.