The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office detective in the road rage murder of a Maryland man Saturday night is home this morning after posting a $1 million bond yesterday, the detective's attorney confirmed this morning.

The detective, Joseph Walker, 40, of Eastampton, was charged Saturday night with second-degree murder and manslaughter after allegedly using his service revolver to shoot Joseph Harvey Jr., 36, of Halethorpe, Md.

According to one of Walker's attorneys, Anthony Pope from Newark, Walker posted the bail and is home.

"He's out and we're thankful about that," Pope said today.

Pope would not say who posted the bail, but said that several sources helped in getting Walker out of Jennifer Road Detention Center in Anne Arundel County in Maryland. Walker had been in the jail since he was arrested Saturday night on the murder charge.

Walker was driving back to New Jersey with his wife and three children on Saturday when he cut off Harvey's car. Harvey had one passenger in the vehicle, police said.

Pope said that Harvey then used racial slurs and threatened violence at Walker and his family and tried to run Walker off the road.

State Police said that both parties pulled over on the side of the road and passing drivers saw Harvey approach the van in an "aggressive" matter.

Pope said that he warned Harvey that he was a cop, and flashed his badge on multiple occasions. Fearing for his safety, Pope said Walker shot Harvey from about 6 feet away.

Harvey, who was shot three times, was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center and later died, police said.

Walker, a detective with the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office for the past eight years, has been suspended without pay by the agency, officials announced yesterday.