12/3/2016 8:35 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Breaking News
Ronald Gasser, the man who shot and killed football star Joe McKnight, had an eerily similar road rage incident 10 years ago … on the same street corner where he opened fire this week.
According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff says the incident went down February 20, 2006 — when another driver thought Gasser was driving erratically in his red pick-up truck, and called a phone number on Gasser’s bumper to report unsafe driving. The bumper sticker was apparently a hoax, since the Sheriff says Gasser answered and started arguing with the other driver.
The Sheriff says when the motorist pulled off to fill up at a gas station in Terrytown — at the same intersection where McKnight was shot — Gasser pulled up, got out of his truck and punched the driver several times.
The victim called 911, and according to the Sheriff … Gasser was cited for simple battery, but the charge was eventually dismissed.
TMZ Sports broke the story — Gasser was released early Friday morning without being charged. He’s admitted firing 3 shots at McKnight during Thursday’s road rage incident.
