15-Year-Old Hopping From Building Rooftops Falls, Dies

Natalia Jiminez died in a fall while jumping rooftops in Manhattan

Police say a 15-year-old girl who was hopping from rooftop to rooftop in New York City fell between buildings to her death.

Natalya Jimenez was found in an alley off a series of four- and five-story brick buildings in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. Police say she and two friends jumped rooftops.

The friends hopped at least three rooftops on the 600 block of 10th Avenue, near 44th Street, where one of the victim's friends lives, according to police. 

They heard someone warn them that they couldn't be up there, and the girls got spooked and tried to jump back, according to police sources. The victim plunged into a narrow alleyway between the four- and five-story brick buildings and landed on a net covering an interior airshaft.

The net gave way, and she dropped five stories.

Her body was found at about 4:30 p.m. Friday after police received a 911 call of an unconscious person in an alley. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Jiminez's mother spoke briefly to NBC 4 outside their home Friday night, tearfully saying her daughter "was the best girl." 

The girl's family owns a Ray's pizza restaurant in Chelsea, and employees inside were heartbroken by the news.