Joe McKnight Shooter Gets 30 Years in Prison ... for Manslaughter
3/15/2018 8:25 AM PDT
Breaking News
The man who shot and killed ex-NFL RB Joe McKnight[1] could be spending the rest of his life in a prison cell.
Ronald Gasser[2], 56, was just sentenced to 30 years behind bars ... less than 2 months after he was found guilty of manslaughter in a Louisiana courtroom. The maximum sentence he faced was 40 years[3].
Gasser was originally charged with 2nd-degree murder, but the jury elected for the lesser charge of manslaughter after more than 7 hours of deliberation back on Jan. 26.
McKnight -- who played for the Jets and Chiefs from 2010-2014 -- was gunned down by Gasser during a road-rage incident on Dec. 1, 2016 which ended when Gasser shot McKnight[4] 3 times through his passenger side window.
McKnight was only 28.
FYI, Gasser's lawyer's filed a motion for a new trial on Tuesday -- claiming Gasser clearly acted in self-defense -- but the judge rejected their proposal.
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