Man broke leg fleeing ex-girlfriend, not police: IIU

Manitoba's police watchdog has determined a man who jumped from a third-storey window in August wasn't fleeing police who were on their way, but an alleged attack.

The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) is mandated to investigate after serious injuries occur involving police officers in Manitoba.

Winnipeg police were called to the report of a domestic assault involving a man armed with a knife at a suite in an apartment block on Balmoral Street on Aug. 24.

• Police watchdog investigates after man jumped out window, breaks leg

The IIU says police arrived to find the man had already jumped from a third-storey window.

He was found on the ground with an injured leg and was arrested.

An ambulance took him to hospital with a broken right femur.

On Thursday the unit saidthe man told IIU investigators he had no contact with police prior to his jump, andhis first contact with police was after he hit the ground.

He told the IIUhe was jumping out the window to get away from his ex-girlfriend, who he said was attackinghim.