A teenager has fallen to his death from a hotel balcony while attempting to flee from police in Queensland.

Police said they were called to Spring Hill in Brisbane’s CBD about 5.50pm on Saturday after receiving information that a group of people wanted by police for a range of property offences were at a hotel on Wickham Tce.

One of the group members, an 18-year-old man from Annerley, fled police when they arrived, attempting to climb from the sixth-floor balcony to a lower level, but fell.

The man suffered critical injuries in the fall and was declared dead at the scene.

Superintendent Simon Taylor said officers performed CPR on the teenager until paramedics arrived, but the man was unable to be saved.

“As you can imagine that was quite a confronting scene for our responding officers, we have put welfare around those officers,” he said.

Taylor said it was a “traumatic event” and “very confronting” for all involved.

He also confirmed a family liaison officer had been appointed to the man’s family.

Three other people found inside the hotel room were arrested by police but have yet to be charged.

Taylor said the State Coroner had been advised, and the Ethical Standards Command had begun a full investigation into the incident.

The investigation will also be subject to independent oversight by the Crime and Corruption Commission, an agency that focuses on combating major crime and reducing public sector corruption.

Last month, a 19-year-old man was shot and critically injured by police during a welfare check in Brisbane’s north.

Emergency services were called to a home on Akebia St in Arana Hills, where the teenager was armed with a knife and experiencing a mental health episode.

The officer who discharged the firearm is understood to have been a first-year constable.

Police said a taser was deployed during the incident, but the timing of its use would form part of an investigation.

The incident unfolded inside the lower level of the home, with the man’s mother witnessing the confrontation.