Ex USC and Jets RB Joe McKnight shot to death

[Lakers+USC=#1]

Ex-USC, Jets RB McKnight, 28, killed in shooting

He was a cool dude when I chilled with him and other football players when he was at SC.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

I loved the guy in his brief time as a Chief. Blew out his achilles but thought for a brief moment he was an awesome 3rd down back. Probably derailed his NFL career. Such a shame he was senselessly killed.

 

[DJ]

Just saw this when it was posted by a friend on FB.






Fuck.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

Hmm that's too bad. I don't think he was active on any roster...

Wonder what the road rage incident was about and what happened...

 

[Mebert]

It sounds like McKnight was trying to apologize when the guy shot him.

 

[Bmurph]

Hmm that's too bad. I don't think he was active on any roster...

Wonder what the road rage incident was about and what happened...

Played w the Saskatchewan RR's in 2016

 

[RobBase]

Apparently here is the guy who shot him:

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

The 2nd time a NFL player got shot and killed, in New Orleans, over road rage.

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

It sounds like McKnight was trying to apologize when the guy shot him.

Where did you hear this?

 

[wildturkey]

Read some details on what happened. That fucker that shot him should fry. Who the fuck does shit like that?

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

Read some details on what happened. That fucker that shot him should fry. Who the fuck does shit like that?

I heard he was apologizing before he got shot. What else did you hear?

 

[bksballer89]

I heard he was apologizing before he got shot. What else did you hear?

The shooter then “stood over” the victim and said “I told you don’t f--k with me” before firing another shot, according to the witness.

 

[Bmurph]

Where did you hear this?

USC standout, ex-NFL RB Joe McKnight, 28, shot and killed in New Orleans suburb
Former USC running back Joe McKnight was killed in a shooting on Thursday

• by Robby Kalland
• @rkalland
• 8h ago • 1 min read

Former Southern California standout and ex-NFL running back Joe McKnightwas killed in a shooting in Terrytown, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb, on Thursday. McKnight was 28 years old.

The shooting was reported at 3 p.m. local time after a dispute at an intersection in Terrytown led to the unnamed suspect shooting and killing McKnight, according to the police report obtained by NOLA.com. McKnight's family confirmed his death.

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.
McKnight was the nation's top-ranked recruit in 2007 coming out of John Curtis High School in New Orleans and committed to USC, where he played for three years and rushed for 2,214 yards and 13 touchdowns before declaring for the NFL Draft after his junior year.

The talented back was taken in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the New York Jets, where he played for three years and served as the team's top kick returner in 2011 and 2012. McKnight was out of the NFL for a year before joining the Kansas City Chiefs in 2014; however, an Achilles injury forced him away from the field.

In his four years in the NFL, McKnight had 113 carries for 505 yards, 23 receptions for 241 yards and two touchdowns along with 2,270 kickoff return yards and two touchdowns.

McKnight returned to football in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Eskimos in 2015 and played the 2016 season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Terrible

Apparently a good guy, not some gang banger that got what was coming

 

[packerzrule]

what is wrong with some people??

 

[shopson67]

Trump's America

 

[bksballer89]

Terrible

Apparently a good guy, not some gang banger that got what was coming

Kinda shocked it was an older white man who did it. Was expecting someone around McKnight's age who was a thug

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

Well, the guy was released, but the police are still investigating.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

The shooter then “stood over” the victim and said “I told you don’t f--k with me” before firing another shot, according to the witness.

If it went down like that...shot him twice...he will fry.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

what is wrong with some people??

Remember when I said there are some fucked up people among us...count him as one of them.

Sad.