Did Former NFL Star Joe McKnight Attack The Man Who Shot Him?

By Bob Owens

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand gave a press conference a short time ago regarding the shooting of former NFL running back Joe McKnight by Ronald Gasser that is 100% at odds with claims reported by eyewitnesses to news outlets in Louisiana that we told you about this morning.

Those early accounts suggested that the relatively tall and slim Gasser physically pulled McKnight out of his vehicle, shot him to the ground, and then made a profane statement before killing him with a coup de grâce.

We cautioned at the time:

Keep in mind that eyewitness statements are often somewhere on the spectrum of incredibly inaccurate to outright fabrications.

Sadly, it appears that those “eyewitness” statements are outright lies.

Those “eyewitness accounts” are in direct conflict with at least some of the evidence in the case that Sheriff Normand was willing to discuss, if only to knock down rumors.

Joe McKnight was shot and killed from shots fired from inside the car of Ronald Gasser, and reports that Gasser stood over the former football star’s body are untrue, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said Friday.

Gasser did admit to shooting McKnight, said Normand, who also clarified that there are …Read the Rest

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