{"id":380504,"date":"2026-10-23T05:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T05:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380504\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T05:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T05:40:25","slug":"who-is-victor-romero-ex-nypd-detective-arrested-in-gw-bridge-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380504\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Victor Romero? Ex-NYPD detective arrested in GW Bridge shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK – The retired NYPD detective charged with murder in a fatal road rage shooting on the George Washington Bridge<\/a> is the same officer who was shot while trying to stop a robbery at his family’s business more than 25 years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What we know about Victor Romero <\/p>\n

Big picture view:<\/p>\n

Victor Romero, 62, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Haverstraw, New York. He is expected to make his first court appearance before a judge in Manhattan Criminal Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Retired \"Retired Retired NYPD officer charged with murder in GW Bridge shooting<\/a> <\/p>\n

Investigators believe road rage led to a deadly shooting that shut down the George Washington Bridge during rush hour. A father of two from New York was killed, while a retired NYPD detective is expected to appear in court following his arrest for murder. FOX 5 NY’s Frances Wang reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police tracked him down while investigating the shooting and subsequent crash that killed 46-year-old Koran Irvine and shut down the George Washington Bridge for hours Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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Romero, according to FOX 5 NY law enforcement sources, was an NYPD narcotics detective who worked in Brooklyn until retiring in 2001.<\/p>\n

2000 Brooklyn shootout <\/p>\n

Dig deeper:<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reported he was wounded in a shootout during a robbery at his family’s laundromat months before his retirement.<\/p>\n

FOX 5 NY archive footage shows coverage of the shootout at 9420 Kings Laundromat Inc. in June 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Romero, who was off-duty, shot both suspects multiple times with his service weapon, the report said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What we know about Koran Irvine <\/p>\n

The other side:<\/p>\n

Irvine was a husband and father of two from Valley Cottage, New York. He worked for Con Edison for more than 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Officers found Irvine shot in the driver’s seat of his car just after 7 p.m. Tuesday on the New Jersey-bound upper level of the George Washington Bridge.<\/p>\n

He was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: This story was written with information and statements from the NYPD’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information (DCPI), and reporting by The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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