Elgin Road-Rage Shooter Convicted of Murder

A Kane County jury convicted 26-year-old Dru K. Jarvis of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and armed violence for a 2020 Elgin road-rage shooting that killed 41-year-old passenger Francisco Trujillo-Uscanga. Prosecutors say Jarvis, a passenger in a white sedan, opened fire after the sedan tried to merge and the Mini Cooper’s driver honked at the intersection of North State Street (Route 31) and Kimball Street, striking Trujillo-Uscanga in the torso and wounding the driver in the legs; Trujillo-Uscanga later died at AMITA Health St. Joseph Hospital. Authorities linked Jarvis to the killing after his arrest a week later in a separate Elgin shooting; he was convicted in 2021 in that case of aggravated discharge of a weapon and sentenced to four years. Because prosecutors proved Jarvis personally fired the gun, the murder- and attempted-murder-related counts carry mandatory 25-year-to-life add-ons, leaving him facing a minimum of 96 years in prison. He is due back in court Dec. 3 for motions and sentencing.