GRETNA, La. — Jurors heard attorneys' final arguments Friday in the trial of the man who killed former NFL running back Joe McKnight, with prosecutors insisting it was an act of road-rage-related murder and defense attorneys saying the killer feared he was in danger from the hulking pro athlete.
Ronald Gasser, 56, is charged with second-degree murder in McKnight's December 2016 death. Police said it happened at the end of a five-mile rolling confrontation that began with dangerously aggressive driving on a New Orleans bridge and ended with McKnight being shot as he stood outside Gasser's car at a suburban intersection.