Dozens of Con Edison workers showed up to court on Tuesday as Koran Irvine's alleged killer faced upgraded charges following a grand jury indictment in the suspected road rage shooting.Victor Romero, a former NYPD detective who had been working as a driver and security guard for a hedge fund, now faces a second-degree murder charge in connection to the fatal shooting of Irvine, 46, on the George Washington Bridge in New York City last week.Irvine, who leaves behind a wife and two children, worked for the utility company Con Edison for 20 years before Romero, 62, allegedly killed him.Victor Romero appeared in court on Oct.27, 2026, to face charges in the alleged road rage killing of Koran Irvine in New York City.
(Steven Hirsch for the NY Post via pool)Victor Romero appeared in court on Oct.27, 2026, to face charges in the alleged road rage shooting death of Koran Irvine in New York City.
(Steven Hirsch for the NY Post via pool)EX-COP SPED AWAY IN HEDGE FUND’S SUV AFTER FATAL GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE ROAD RAGE SHOOTING: REPORTDozens of Irvine's colleagues showed up at the courthouse Tuesday morning to stand in solidarity with the family of their slain coworker.Several hundred people, including Con Edison workers and family and friends of Koran Irvine, attended a rally in Foley Square in lower Manhattan Oct.27, 2026.
The rally was held to express anger at the fatal shooting of Irvine by a retired member of the NYPD in an apparent road rage incident on the George Washington Bridge on Oct.20.
(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)A sign shows Koran Irvine, who was killed in a shooting on the George Washington Bridge, during an Oct.27 rally at Foley Square in Manhattan by Irvine's Con Ed coworkers in Utility Workers Union of America Local 1 & 2.
(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)SEND US A TIPPatricia Irvine, second from left, the wife of Koran Irvine, and Koran Irvine’s sister Zeria, embracing her, stand with other family members during a rally in Fole...