India, Oct. 22 -- A retired New York City police detective has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a motorist during an apparent road rage incident on the George Washington Bridge.

Victor Romero, 62, was taken into custody Wednesday in connection with the killing of Koran Irvine, 46, of Valley Cottage, New York.

Irvine was found wounded and unconscious in the driver's seat of a vehicle on the New Jersey-bound side of the bridge's upper level shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators later determined that he had been shot.

Police launched a search for a person of interest in the case. Romero was taken into custody at the NYPD's 33rd Precinct, and o...