Retired NYPD Detective Charged With Murder in Fatal George Washington Bridge Road-Rage Shooting

Victor Romero, 62, a retired NYPD narcotics detective from Haverstraw, New York, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Koran Irvine, a 46-year-old off-duty Con Edison worker from Rockland County. Irvine was shot in the shoulder on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge on the evening of October 21 in what investigators described as an apparent road-rage incident, and died from his wound. Romero voluntarily came to police on Wednesday October 22 to be interviewed and was subsequently taken into custody. The GWB had been shut down following the shooting, causing major traffic disruption. Romero faces a murder charge. The case drew widespread attention due to Romero's background as a former law enforcement officer with the NYPD's narcotics division. Irvine was identified by his employer Con Edison, and his family and colleagues mourned his loss. Prosecutors were preparing to formally present the case, and Romero's legal representation was not immediately specified in reports.