Police announced first-degree murder charges Wednesday morning against Phillip E. Rogers, 45, of Chicago. Lenier Clayton was shot on I-80 in New Lenox on Monday.

The 30-year-old victim was known as “the happiest, most jovial, kind, loving, and well-liked person you’d ever want to meet.”

Lenier Clayton was driving home from work when 45-year-old Phillip E. Rogers allegedly shot him following an argument on I-80, police said.

A man has been charged with murder in connection with a road rage crash and shooting that took place in a Chicago suburb just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday this week.

A man was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing another man in a road rage shooting on I-80 Monday evening. Phillip Rogers, 45, of Chicago, was also charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.

Police have arrested a Chicago man on murder charges after he allegedly gunned down a motorist in a road rage incident on I-80. According to the Illinois State Police, troopers were called to the scene of the shooting,

Phillip Rogers is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon in the death of Lenier Clayton of Joliet, state police said.