A retired New York City police detective was arrested Wednesday in connection with a fatal road rage shooting on the George Washington Bridge that claimed the life of a motorist Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Victor Romero, 62, was charged with murder in the death of 46-year-old Koran Irvine, who was discovered wounded and unconscious in the driver’s seat of his vehicle shortly after 7 p.m. on the New Jersey-bound side of the bridge’s upper level. Irvine, a resident of Valley Cottage, New York, was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The incident occurred near the close of the evening rush hour and caused significant traffic delays on the heavily traveled Hudson River crossing that links Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Romero, from Haverstraw, New York, retired from the New York Police Department in 2001. He had served as a drug detective in Brooklyn and was on the force for six years at the time he was injured in an off-duty shooting in June 2000. That incident involved an attempted robbery at his family’s laundromat in Brooklyn, during which Romero sustained wounds to his hand and chest. During the confrontation, he used his service pistol to shoot one assailant multiple times and another in the legs, according to news reports from that period.

Efforts to reach Romero or a legal representative for comment were unsuccessful. Public records listed a telephone number that rang unanswered.

Irvine was employed by Con Edison, which issued a statement expressing sympathies to his family, friends, colleagues, and others who knew him. The utility company emphasized its condolences in the wake of the tragedy.

Officials did not immediately provide details on the circumstances leading up to the shooting or the motives involved. The New Jersey State Police and other authorities continue to investigate the incident.