According to witnesses on the scene Gasser stood over McKnight and said “I told you not to f*ck with me” before standing over him and killing him dead.
He stayed on the scene until the police arrived.
The man who shot and killed Joe McKnight is a 54-year-old white male named Ronald Gasser … the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office tells TMZ Sports.
Law enforcement says Gasser is currently detained and being questioned about why he shot the 28-year-old football star.
Gasser has not been officially charged as of yet.
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 who was yelling shot the other man more than once, she said.
She said the shooter shot the man, stood over him and said “I told you don’t you f— with me.” Then he fired again, she said.
Here are what the cops are saying about the incident.
There has been an outpouring of emotional tweets by NFL players and friends of McKnight who are devastating about the news.
He was only 28-years-old.