McKnight, that's the way it has to be."Ī news released from the sheriff's office stated that prior to the shooting, both vehicles were on Behrman Highway, parallel to one another. Out of respect to the decedent and the individual who shot and killed Mr. "In fact, in the criminal justice process, if you don't dot every 'I' and cross every 't' and there are deficiencies, it has dire consequences. "A rush to judgment does not equal anything," Normand said. RELATED: Suspect in shooting death of Joe McKnight released Gasser told investigators out of an 'abundance of caution' and so as not to possibly taint witnesses to whom they have not spoken to. Normand said he wouldn't share most of the details of the case, nor anything that Mr. "We have no account of an apology being made," he said.
Normand also said he wanted to dispel 'social media' reports that a witness said McKnight apologized to Gasser. "They are not consistent with being shot from above." Watch Video: Former NFL player Joe McKnight killed in shootingįormer football star Joe McKnight was shot and killed from shots fired from inside of Ronald Gasser's car and reports that he stood over McKnight and fired shots into his body are untrue, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said Friday.Ĭoroner Gerry Cvitanovich said McKnight was shot once to the hand, once to the shoulder that punctured his lung and once right below his 'right nipple' that entered his chest, went through his kidney and liver and exited from there.