Joe McKnight, who played three seasons for the Jets and was a standout at the University of Southern California, was fatally shot in Louisiana on Thursday in a possible episode of road rage, the authorities said.
McKnight, 28, was shot “multiple times,” Col. John N. Fortunato, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, said in an interview.
The shooting occurred around 2:45 p.m. at Behrman Highway and Holmes Boulevard in Terrytown, La., about five miles southeast of New Orleans, the office said in a statement. McKnight was pronounced dead at the scene.