Roofer dies after falling into shaft at Northwest Side construction site

A man working on the roof of a new four-story residential building on the Northwest Side stepped into a shaft and fell to his death.
Jorge Padilla died on scene this morning at a building construction site in the 3600 block of West Belmont Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Officers were told the victim, a 41-year-old roofer, was working on the building’s roof when he stepped into a hole and fell 60 feet down a shaft