A Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday indicted former New York Police Department detective Victor Romero on a second-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Koran Irvine on the George Washington Bridge, ABC7 New York reported¹⁰.

PIX11 reported that the charge against Romero, accused of shooting a Con Edison worker on the bridge, was upgraded to murder after a grand jury was presented the case Tuesday¹.

ABC-owned stations carried matching headlines that a grand jury had indicted Romero on second-degree murder in what they described as a road-rage shooting^2,6.

ABC7 New York said the indictment upgraded the case from manslaughter after an investigation that remains underway¹⁰.

The station said Romero had first been charged with murder, then arraigned last week on first-degree manslaughter, posted $1 million bail and remains free^10,13.

PIX11 had reported after that arraignment that he was not charged with murder at the time¹², and later that records showed he had posted bail¹¹.

Prosecutors allege the encounter began about 6:45 p.m. as Romero and Irvine, 46, changed lanes entering the upper level of the bridge and nearly collided, ABC7 New York reported¹⁰.

The station said prosecutors described surveillance video as showing Romero tailgating Irvine in a black Range Rover, pulling alongside a Volkswagen Golf, firing through a rear passenger window, then driving toward Haverstraw, New York¹⁰.

Irvine, a Con Edison electrician and mechanic, was going home from work and later died of his injuries, the station said¹⁰.

Outside court Tuesday, about 100 Con Edison workers gathered; family attorney Keith White said relatives want Romero remanded despite the indictment¹⁰.

Irvine's sister, Zeria Irvine, asked why Romero was not in custody, ABC7 New York reported¹⁰.

Romero did not answer reporters' questions at the courthouse, the station said¹⁰. What a trial jury will find, and whether bail conditions change, is not yet known.