Elgin man found guilty of second-degree murder in shooting of teenage rival
An Elgin man was convicted Monday of second-degree murder for the shooting of a teenage rival in December 2016.
Kane County Judge David Kliment issued the guilty verdict finding that Anton N. Cross killed Timothy Jones, 18, also of Elgin. Cross was 17 at the time.
He had been charged with first-degree murder, but Kliment found that Cross acted out of an unreasonable belief he faced death or imminent danger when he shot Jones and found him guilty of the lesser offense, according to a spokesman for the Kane County state's attorney's office.
Cross, of the 300 block of Washington Street, has been in the Kane County jail since August 2018.
Authorities alleged Cross and Jones, a student at Bartlett High School. were involved in an ongoing dispute. Cross shot Jones in the abdomen with handgun, at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 27, 2016, in the 1600 block of Maple Lane in Elgin.
Cross faces between four and 20 years in prison. A sentencing hearing is set for May 26.