<p>A Connecticut man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 1992 felony murder conviction has been arrested again in connection with a road rage shooting that left a grandfather dead in Bridgeport, according to city police.</p><p>Jorge "George" Ortiz, 57, was arrested after a brief foot chase Monday to end a <a href="https://foxnews.com/category/us/crime/manhunt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">week-long manhunt</a> and charged with murder, criminal possession of a pistol and carrying a pistol without a permit, Bridgeport police said in a statement.</p><p>He is accused of <a href="https://foxnews.com/category/us/terror/assassinations-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gunning down 48-year-old Nelson Batista</a>, a grandfather who recently laid his 25-year-old Air Force airman son to rest, in a 9 a.m. road rage incident on Oct. 12, according to a police affidavit.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.com/us/pregnant-woman-driving-home-prenatal-visit-shot-alleged-road-rage-attack-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>PREGNANT WOMAN DRIVING HOME FROM PRENATAL VISIT SHOT DURING ALLEGED ROAD RAGE ATTACK: POLICE</strong></a></p><p>Ortiz and Batista were strangers, according to Bridgeport Police Chief Roderick Porter.</p><p>"This was a random act," he told reporters at a news briefing announcing the arrest — just hours before Batista's funeral.</p><p>Surveillance video shows a man identified as Ortiz following a woman down Park Avenue as the victim turned his SUV down a side street, according to the affidavit. Ortiz allegedly slapped his hands on the side of the car, prompting the driver to stop and get out.</p><p>Ortiz allegedly punched the victim first, and they fell to the ground in a scuffle before surveillance video showed them struggling for control of a handgun, according to the affidavit. The city's <a href="https://foxnews.com/us/detroit-city-council-narrowly-votes-renew-shotspotter-gunshot-detection-contract-opposition" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ShotSpotter program</a> captured at least two gunshots, with the medical examiner later determining one struck Batista in the chest.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.com/us/apparent-road-rage-driver-appears-threaten-mom-camera-3-year-old-cries-back-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>APPARENT ROAD RAGE DRIVER APPEARS TO THREATEN MOM ON CAMERA AS 3-YEAR-OLD CRIES IN BACK SEAT</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/tips" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>SEND US A TIP</strong></a></p><p>He died at the hospital.</p><p>Police credited tips from the community for Ortiz's capture after a woman recorded some of the incident on cellphone video and other witnesses helped identify him.</p><p>Video taken from inside a vehicle captured some of the scuffle, including the attacker getting up, striking Batista in the head with the butt of a pistol and taking off as the victim lies motionless in the street.</p><p><a href="https://link.podtrac.com/cjdr_fnd_article" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST</strong></a></p><p>A detective recognized Ortiz from prior encounters, including one in March, according to the affidavit. He had been arrested on misdemeanor drug charges in a case that is still pending. Police also received a tip from a man who also said he could identify Ortiz as the man in the photo.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL</strong></a></p><p>Court records show Ortiz received a 30-year sentence in 1992 for felony murder. He was off parole at the time of Batista's death.</p><p>Batista's son's funeral was held on Oct. 3 in Louisiana, according to an online obituary.</p><p>Batista was an avid fan of Major League Baseball and the NFL, according to his own obituary, and especially fond of the New York Yankees. He was a father of six and grandfather of three.</p>
