Authorities say a 16-year-old student has died after falling from the top of a stadium at the end of a high school football game in Oklahoma.
Officer James Koch of the Broken Arrow Police Department said via email Saturday that the fall happened about 10 p.m. Friday at the Broken Arrow High School stadium as a game with a rival team was ending. Koch says the student was taken by ambulance to a hospital with undetermined injuries.
Broken Arrow Public Schools identified the student as Jaymeson West, a junior who played saxophone in the school band.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, West's father said his son committed suicide after a long battle with depression.
"He was not weak. He was not selfish. He showed more grit getting out of bed every morning than most of us have shown our whole lives. Depression is a deft and wicked enemy," Michael West wrote.
Authorities say counselors and support staff will be available in the school throughout the coming week.