ROCKLAND COUNTY (WABC) — The wife of a Rockland County man who was killed in an apparent road-rage shooting on the George Washington Bridge is speaking exclusively with Eyewitness News six days after his death, expressing outrage over the case involving the man accused of killing her husband.
“This is not something you come back from, you know? He doesn’t come back right? But his killer does. He’s home. He’s home. How is that possible?” said Patricia Irvine, the wife of 46-year-old Koran Irvine.
Just one week ago, Patricia Irvine said she and her husband were living their daily lives with their two children at their Rockland County home.
“Do you think I want to be here? No, I want to be in bed in my grief, but I can’t because if I don’t say anything, if we’re not on there, we’re not putting the pressure. They’re going to let this guy walk. I mean he’s walking around!” she said.
According to prosecutors, Koran Irvine left for a 12-hour workday Tuesday morning at the 49th Street Con Edison substation. Patricia Irvine said that by about 7:30 p.m., she noticed his location had stopped moving.
“I knew something was wrong, and I was like, all right, you know, we went to bed. I just went lay down like, just hoping that, you know, he was just going to be there. But then the police showed up,” she said.
Prosecutors say that about an hour earlier, Irvine and retired NYPD Detective Victor Romero were changing lanes at the same time while entering the upper level of the George Washington Bridge, nearly colliding. Prosecutors allege Romero aggressively chased Irvine, fired a shot into his vehicle and drove away.
“This is somebody that is supposed to be trained from the NYPD, right? Because it was NYPD. How do you make a decision so reckless with such a powerful tool? It’s a very reckless decision to take. And he took that decision, and it cost my husband his life,” Patricia Irvine said.
About 10 hours later, nearly a dozen police officers arrived at the family’s front door, she said. “Your husband’s been a victim of a crime. Those were the exact words,” Patricia Irvine said, recalling what she was told.
Romero was initially arrested on a murder charge and was arraigned last week on a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter. He posted $1 million bail and has been released.
“He did something really, really wrong. He killed my husband. There’s no disputing that. Like, he did it. Like he did that. He needs to pay. That’s it. For him to be walking around and be able… with his family is unacceptable,” Patricia Irvine said.
Patricia Irvine said she continues to seek accountability as the case moves through the court system.
Widow Of Man Killed On Gwb In Apparent Road-Rage Shooting Demands Justice
