Retired NYPD detective charged with murder in George Washington Bridge shooting

CONTESTED: Staten Island Advance puts the shooting at approximately 7:20 p.m. Tuesday; AP and Hindustan Times say just after 7 p.m. Hindustan Times says further details on what triggered the alleged road rage have not been released; other coverage calls it an apparent or possible road-rage incident. Victor Romero, 62, of Haverstraw, New York, who retired from the NYPD in 2001, was taken into custody Wednesday at the NYPD's 33rd Precinct and charged with murder. Koran Irvine, 46, of Valley Cottage, New York, was found unconscious in the driver's seat on the New Jersey-bound upper-level roadway of the George Washington Bridge Tuesday evening. He had a gunshot wound to the back of his right shoulder, was transported to Englewood Hospital in New Jersey, and was pronounced dead. Police had launched a search for a person of interest after the shooting. Con Edison said it was heartbroken by the tragic loss of a member of the Con Edison family in this senseless act of violence and extended deepest condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and everyone who knew and loved him. Bridge lanes reopened about five hours later, the Port Authority said. Opened in 1931, the bridge carries around 100 million vehicles a year. The investigation continues.