The 17-year-old boy who fell off a roof Thursday night while being chased by cops who were in the process of making a marijuana bust in The Bronx has died, according to the NYPD.
Police have confirmed that Hakeem Kuta, 17, died this morning. Kuta and a fellow teenage boy climbed onto the roof of 2685 Valentine Avenue in Kingsbridge around 7:35 p.m. on Thursday after officers attempted to arrest them for allegedly smoking marijuana inside the building.
According to cops, Kuta fell over a ledge and plummeted six stories into an alleyway below. Officers say they attempted to give him aid, performing chest compressions and "cradl[ing]" his head. Kuta was transported by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition, but succumbed to his injuries at 10:48 a.m. today.
