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Shooter in Joe McKnight death released from custody, sheriff disputes details

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Former USC running back Joe McKnight killed in shooting

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Details of the shooting that killed former USC running back Joe McKnight are still coming forward. On Friday, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand disputed a previous witness account of the event that left McKnight, 28, dead in Terrytown.

Normand said two details of a witness account were untrue. First, Normand said that Ronald Gasser, who admitted to shooting McKnight, did not stand over the body. Normand added that there "were no witness accounts of McKnight apologizing to Gasser.