Joe Mcknight

UPDATE: Ronald Gasser has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the road-rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight. GRETNA, La. (AP) — The man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 road-rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight faces sentencing in a suburban New Orléans courtroom on Thursday. […]

In a very awkward news conference concerning the shooting death of the ex-NFL player and the arrest of the man who confessed to killing him, Sheriff Normand blasts his critics and drops the N-word.

HARVEY, La. (AP) — The man who fatally shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute has been arrested and jailed on a manslaughter charge, records show. Ronald Gasser, 54, was arrested late Monday. He was initially taken into custody after the shooting last Thursday but he was released without being charged pending […]

The person who shot and killed former NFL running back Joe McKnight is a free man.

  The man who shot former NFL player Joe McKnight was released from custody overnight, authorities said Friday, saying they’ll be meeting with the district attorney’s office to discuss the case. Col. John Fortunato, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, said Ronald Gasser was released and has not been formally charged at this […]