A New York City teenager reportedly fell and died after a failed attempt to hop from roof to roof . Victim : Tyhreek Riley , pictured , died Thursday after a failed attempt to jump from roof to roof . The victim has been identified by local media as 15-year-old Tyhreek Riley . The accident that took the boy 's life occurred in Brooklyn 's Crown Heights neighborhood Thursday . Riley fell four stories , according to multiple reports . Scroll down for video . Sources told the New York Daily News that Riley and his pals were on top of a President Street residence . Those sources also stated that Riley sprung first from the rooftop . The Daily News quoted father Patrick Riley as saying ' I want my son , my boy , my Tyhreek . What was he doing up there ? ' Sources told the Daily News that Riley was discovered dead on the ground in the middle of the buildings by a superintendent . Nicholas Brown , a neighbor , told the newspaper 'He fell right in front of my kitchen window . 'It looked like he hit his head on the walls all the way down . ' Police told NBC New York that Riley and his friends were playing the game Manhunt . Virginia Straker told the NBC affiliate station 'He is a very nice kid . He 's in the PathFinder club , he sings in the choir , and he is a very helpful kid . ' Rev . Gizelda Dawson told WABC 'He 's a nice little boy , he has manners , he 's my friend . He always give a smile whenever he pass , like I ca n't say anything bad about him . ' A female resident told the ABC affiliate station 'Lately , I 've been seeing them up there [ on the roof ] . ' She said 'They 're always up there , I say , `` You guys get down from there '' - the after school hours , I 'm a teacher , when I come home from school , they 're running around up there , and I can hear them , because I live on the top floor . ' Gap : The teenager died after he was unable to jump across these Crown Heights rooftops . Scene : Sources told the New York Daily News that 15-year-old Tyhreek Riley and his pals were on top of a President Street residence on Thursday .
Tyhreek Riley fell and died after a failed attempt to hop from roof to roof . The man who was killed in the incident is believed to have been trying to escape when he fell. The teenager fell four stories onto the ground , according to reports .