George Washington Bridge reopens after deadly shooting triggers massive traffic jams

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Well, we're now learning from police that the person shot
and killed on the bridge here
Tuesday evening was a 46-year-old driver.
Now, this all happened after police,
Port Authority sources tell us that they responded
to what appeared to be a crash,
but all of a sudden when they arrived, they found a person
with a gunshot wound.
Now, that incident sent major delays down the bridge here,
causing backup for thousands
of commuters.
Now take a look here at video from the scene
that unfolded just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday on the upper level.
You can see a dark car with its rear window shattered with what appears
to be a bullet hole nearby an evidence marker laid out on one lane.
Now police tell us the driver was found
with a gunshot wound to the shoulder,
while Port Authority mentioned that they found him
with a gunshot wound to the...
Now what we do know is that that man was then rushed
to the hospital where he later died.
Officers shut down the upper deck of the bridge for hours.
As you can see, there are more videos showing
the traffic drivers were met with on their evening commute.
Now, according to Port Authority website, the lanes here
on the upper level of the bridge did reopen after just before,
I mean, 1:30 this morning.
And they appear to be running back to normal at this hour.
That's the latest here, just right
by the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan.
Jonathan Calixto, News 12.
