Florida Doctor Arrested In Boston Truck Driver's 2019 Shooting Death In Vermont

BOSTON (CBS) -- A Florida doctor has been arrested in connection with a Boston truck driver's 2019 shooting death while he was behind in the wheel in Vermont.

In November 2019, Roberto Fonseca-Rivera was shot and killed while he was driving a produce truck along Route 103 in Rockingham, Vermont.

Vermont State Police said on Thursday that 49-year-old Jozsef Piri, of Naples, is now in custody and charged with second-degree murder. Investigators do not believe they knew each other, but determined Piri was driving near Fonseca-Rivera's delivery truck.

"Piri lived in Connecticut at the time and was returning home from a property he owned in Londonderry, Vermont," police said. "Detectives reviewed surveillance footage, GPS data, photographs and other information to determine that Piri was driving immediately in front of Fonseca-Rivera just before the shooting occurred."

Police did not share the motive behind the alleged murder. Piri will be arraigned in Vermont, pending extradition from Florida.

The CBS affiliate in Fort Myers reports that Piri is a doctor in Naples, and "listed online as being board certified in internal medicine, specializing in a variety of aspects of primary care for adults and geriatrics."

Fonseca-Rivera, 44, was driving for the Katsiroubas Bros. produce company out of Hyde Park at the time of his death.

"When I first heard of what happened, I was in shock," company owner Ted Katsiroubas told WBZ-TV at the time. "Every interaction I had with him was positive, always smiling, shook my hand. One thing that I've been hearing a lot is that he was always in uniform, always on time, very dedicated employee."