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GWB deadly shooting update: Suspect expected in court
An update to the GWB shooting: 62-year-old Victor Romero is expected to face a judge for the first time in court today. FOX 5 NY's Frances Wang joins Dan Bowens on Newsroom Live and explains what we should expect.
NEW YORK - The retired NYPD detective charged with murder in a fatal road rage shooting on the George Washington Bridge is the same officer who was shot while trying to stop a robbery at his family's business more than 25 years ago.
What we know about Victor Romero
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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.
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Retired NYPD officer charged with murder in GW Bridge shooting
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.
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.
Romero, according to FOX 5 NY law enforcement sources, was an NYPD narcotics detective who worked in Brooklyn until retiring in 2001.
2000 Brooklyn shootout
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The Associated Press reported he was wounded in a shootout during a robbery at his family's laundromat months before his retirement.
FOX 5 NY archive footage shows coverage of the shootout at 9420 Kings Laundromat Inc. in June 2000.
Romero, who was off-duty, shot both suspects multiple times with his service weapon, the report said.
What we know about Koran Irvine
The other side:
Irvine was a husband and father of two from Valley Cottage, New York. He worked for Con Edison for more than 20 years.
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.
He was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive.
Retired NYPD member charged with murder in connection to GWB shooting, law enforcement sources say
Victor Romero, 62, has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting on the George Washington Bridge, according to NYPD.
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.