Posted December 2, 2016 11:44 am by Comments

By Bob Owens

Joe McKnight

Former NFL running back Joe McKnight was shot multiple times and killed yesterday in what is being called a road rage incident in Terrytown (LA) yesterday afternoon. There was some sort of confrontation between McKnight and Ronald Gasser that saw both men exit their vehicles about 3:00 PM, and the account provided by a witness to NOLA.com makes it sounds like a cold-blooded execution.

A shooting in Terrytown Thursday afternoon (Dec. 1) left a man dead after an argument at an intersection, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Family members at the scene identified the victim as Joe McKnight, a former NFL player and local high school football standout. McKnight, 28, who went to John Curtis Christian School in River Ridge, played college football for USC, and then went on to play for the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs. He also played in the Canadian Football League.

The shooting, reported about 3 p.m., occurred at the intersection of Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard.

A witness, who declined to give her name, said she was leaving a store in the area when she saw a man at the intersection yelling at another man, who was trying to apologize. The man …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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