Koran Irvine of Valley Cottage, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States has died. He was 46.
Koran Irvine
In 2011, Irvine married Patricia Irvine. They have a daughter named Lea Irvine and a son named Hiro Irvine.
Koran was an employee of Con Edison, an energy company. He was off-duty when he was driving his blue Volkswagen Golf on the evening of October 20, 2026.
At around 7:15 p.m., Koran nearly crashed the car into another driver on an entrance ramp to the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Shortly after, Victor Romero, 62, of Haverstraw, New York allegedly fired a shot through Koran’s back passenger window and fled the scene.
The bullet hit Koran’s seat headrest before entering his shoulder and exiting his neck. His car struck a median, bringing it to a full stop and paralyzing traffic for hours on the Hudson River span that connects Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA.
Koran was found wounded and unconscious in the driver’s seat of his car. He was rushed to Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey where he was pronounced dead.
Victor Romero
Romero is a former detective at the Narcotics Borough Brooklyn North of the New York City Police Department. His service started in February 1994.
On June 24, 2000, Romero and his wife celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary with their three children. At around 7:00 a.m. on June 25, 2000, while off-duty, he had just opened up his family’s store Kings Laundromat in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City when three armed robberts including Brooklyn’s Anton Jones, then 35, and Marvin Young, then 24, burst in.
Romero drew his service revolver and fired, hitting Jones and Young in the leg. The robbers shot Romero once and the bullet passed through his left hand and into his chest’s breastplate, changed course and avoided his heart. Minutes later, Jones and Young were arrested while the third robber escaped.
In 2001, Romero retired from the NYPD.
On October 21, 2026, the NYPD identified Romero as the man who shot Koran on October 20, 2026. The Haverstraw man has been charged with murder.
