Posted on 12/02/2016 4:30:24 PM PST by BBell
Ballistic evidence and autopsy results show Ronald Gasser, the man authorities say admitted to fatally shooting Joe McKnight, did not fire on the former NFL player while standing over him, Jefferson Parish authorities said.
"The wounds are not consistent with being shot from above while on the ground," Jefferson Parish Coroner Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich said, as he discussed McKnight's autopsy during a press conference Friday (Dec. 2).
The information contradicts a witness account given at the scene of McKnight's death Thursday at a Terrytown intersection. The witness had said she saw Gasser shoot McKnight twice, then stand on top of McKnight and fire once more.
"Mr. Gasser was in his vehicle when he fired three shots," Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said at the same press conference. "That witness account, and we talked to that witness, is factually incorrect. It did not happen."
Cvitanovich said one of the three bullets that struck McKnight, 28, entered his chest and traveled through his liver and kidney before exiting out his right lower back. Another bullet struck McKnight in his right shoulder and punctured his lung. The third bullet hit McKnight in his left hand, the coroner said.
Normand said three shell casings were found inside Gasser's vehicle. Gasser, 54, was sitting in the driver's seat of his blue Infiniti coupe when he fired three times at McKnight. The former NFL player was out of his Audi Q7 and "positioned at the passenger window of the Infiniti," authorities said.
Normand said the incident potentially began as road rage that started on the Crescent City Connection.
"Preliminarily it may have been simply cutting one off in front of one, recklessly, while driving on the bridge," Normand said. He declined to comment on whether Gasser gave any statements to authorities.
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There is so mush B.S. about what happened that the locals are all up in arms. Kind of like what happened in Ferguson a false narrative has been ingrained into the minds of some people and some very small protests have started. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand has said that he will allow peaceful protest but beyond that you will be arrested. The JSPO does not play. We still have to wait for the facts to come out but Ronald Gasser has been released with no charges pending.
BTW, Joe McKnight was a 28 year old black man and Ronald Gasser is a 56 year old white man.
Thug meets armed citizen?
McKnight was 5’ 11”, 205 pounds when he played.
What??? Gee, you mean black “witnesses” had LIED the press? Shocking!
This one got nipped before blm and democrats could run with it.
Most likely a good shoot.
Possibly. I’m holding my judgment until more of the facts come out.
Hands up don’t shot!
They may still try to run with it. It’s Friday night.
I would think one would do the trick but I wasn’t there.
3 shots in rapid succession ya think?
Odds are you’re correct about the good shoot. When two people are in vehicles and one gets out to confront the other, most likely the person that exited their vehicle is behaving aggressively. Sh*t’s about to get real.
The guy’s definitely not going to be approaching the other car to invite the driver to a bible study or to sit down for a cup of coffee and a scone.
So some BLM type claims the white guy was standing over the black guy shooting him.
The truth is that the white guy never left his car and the shots are consistent with black guy leaning down towards the shooter. Was the black guy in the window, trying to attack the shooter? Is the white guy now deaf? I was in a vehicle when a .44 was shot out the window(30 years ago), I have hearing loss to this day. I can’t imagine the sound IN the car.
>3 shots in rapid succession ya think?
All my witnesses said they heard three smaller shots (his) and one big boom. The one big boom was my .44 mag wheel gun being fired twice. I would have fired three but I was off balance and falling down. I won.
Pants up, Don’t Loot
Oh wow
“The Double Tap is a myth. Shoot the threat until it goes away. Only then will his soul find Peace.” -Dalai Lama
Horse of a different color now
What a scumbag that “witness” is.
Here is a somewhat similar situation, with the races reversed:
GA: Black Man Shoots One, Protected by Sheriff
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2016/12/ga-black-man-shoots-one-is-protected-by.html
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