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The Latest: McKnight's Jets teammates remember him fondly

In a mostly somber New York Jets locker room, former teammates remembered slain former NFL player Joe McKnight as a "laid-back guy" who loved to laugh and keep everyone upbeat. Authorities have described his death as the culmination of a "road rage" incident with another driver. McKnight played for the Jets from 2010-12 and was among the team's final training camp cuts in 2013 after being a fourth-round draft pick out of USC. A suburban New Orleans sheriff calls the shooting of ex-NFL player Joe McKnight a "road rage" incident and defended his handling of the investigation. A suburban New Orleans sheriff says a man fired three rounds from inside his vehicle in the fatal shooting of former NFL player Joe McKnight, adding McKnight was standing outside the other man's vehicle. A sheriff's statement added that preliminary accounts from witnesses and the shooter "suggested these events represented the culmination of a road rage incident." A grandmother of Joe McKnight says family members are still seeking information on the former NFL player's death and why the man a sheriff identified as the shooter was released from custody. Authorities say the man they identified as having fatally shot former NFL player Joe McKnight was released from custody overnight. McKnight, who played for the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs, is the second NFL player this year to die as a result of a possible road-rage incident.

 

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