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former NFL player Joe McKnight murdered in road rage incident

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Joe McKnight, who played for New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs, was shot in a road rage fight on Thursday afternoon. He was from Louisiana, and the shooting took place outside Baton Rouge.

“At approximately 2:43 p.m. today we received a call of a shooting that occurred here at Holmes and Behrman Highway,” Normand said (via ESPN). “Our officers arrived on the scene and immediately began giving CPR to an individual who was shot, lying on the ground, with EMS and others assisting at this location.”

Normand told ESPN that 54-year-old Ronald Gasser is in custody for the shooting and that Gasser never left the scene of the incident.

McKnight was shot multiple times during an argument at an intersection, a witness told the Times-Picayune. The witness said she saw a man yelling at another man, who was trying to apologize.

She added that the shooter shot the man, stood over him and said “I told you don’t you f— with me.” Then he fired again, she told The Times-Picayune.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...mcknight-killed-in-shooting-near-new-orleans/
 
Is this the second NFL player killed in a road rage incident in the last year or so in Louisiana? Or was that other guy just a former NO player?
 
He looks like an angry guy. Bet he's had run ins before.

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Wow he stood over him and told him not to mess with him, then shot him more? That is some hollywood shit right there. Another completely senseless killing.
 
I wonder what prompted the police to release him without charges at this point. That doesn't mean they still can't charge him, just that they released him without charges for now.

So far no real evidence to the story yet to be making up my mind on anything at this point.

Although I have a feeling this thread should probably be moved over to P&N here soon.
 
Ns1 said:
Homie just stayed there and turned in his gun. WTF? Need update.
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Not that I agree with what was done by any stretch, but this is exactly what you're supposed to do in a personal defense situation. Guilty people flee, people who think they were in the right stay put and comply with police. If the witness' story is true, he needs to be charged... but his cooperation is probably what has led him to not be charged (yet). I have no idea what happened to cause the guy to pull his gun in the first place.
 
If witness accounts are correct and he did indeed stand over him and shoot him, it would seem the self defense argument goes out the window.
 
highland145 said:
Seriously? WTH makes a guy go postal with no prior events?
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It's easier if you bear in mind that most people can 'go postal'. It's not necessarily that there's a flip switched in some people's brains at birth that allows it, but more that there's a threshold which is different for everyone that allows that switch to flip.
 
Ns1 said:
If witness accounts are correct and he did indeed stand over him and shoot him, it would seem the self defense argument goes out the window.
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If that is indeed what happened then it would be a charge type of murder. Just have to wait and see what the evidence ends up being.
 
gorcorps said:
Not that I agree with what was done by any stretch, but this is exactly what you're supposed to do in a personal defense situation. Guilty people flee, people who think they were in the right stay put and comply with police. If the witness' story is true, he needs to be charged... but his cooperation is probably what has led him to not be charged (yet). I have no idea what happened to cause the guy to pull his gun in the first place.
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I suspect that is why they let him out for now. My understanding is that there are 4 witnesses they interviewed.
Ns1 said:
If witness accounts are correct and he did indeed stand over him and shoot him, it would seem the self defense argument goes out the window.
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I assume forensics and the autopsy will clear up some of that. I guess they don't consider him a flight risk since he stayed after shooting the guy. If they decide not to charge they better be very transparent with the information they release as it certainly doesn't seem justified from the information publicly available at this time.
 
This wasn't that far from where I live, it is kind of shocking that they released him already considering all of the witness statements that I've seen. Then again who knows how many witnesses didn't want to be on camera but so far I haven't heard anyone say anything that would make me think it was legit self defense.

He must have something on his side if they let him go without bringing charges, yet.
 
Lets leave aside the shooter now he apparently has some legal context.
What about the BS witness:

"A witness, who declined to give her name, said she saw a man at the intersection yelling at McKnight, who was trying to apologize. The man shot McKnight more than once, the witness said. She said he shot McKnight, stood over him and said, "I told you don't you f--- with me." Then the man fired again, she said."

The Sheriff's statement puts the complete lie to everything the so called witness said.

Why even report a statement from an anonymous source ?

Witness be the one should be jailed. Why would she tell an outrageous lie ? To put the white man in jail, eh ?

And fire the journalist.
 
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