Former NFLer Joe McKnight killed in Louisiana road rage shooting

(Reuters) - Former National Football League player Joe McKnight was shot and killed on Thursday just outside New Orleans in his native Louisiana in what officials are investigating as a road rage incident. The shooting occurred around 3 p.m. local time at a traffic intersection in Terrytown, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Colonel John Fortunato said. The shooting suspect, 54-year-old Ronald Gasser, was taken into custody and was being questioned by investigators, Fortunato said.

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