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Trial date set for man charged in former Roughriders death

Aug 8, 2017 | 10:43 AM

Monday marked the latest court appearance for Ronald Gasser, the now 55-year-old charged with second-degree murder in the road rage shooting that killed Joe McKnight.

Judge Ellen Kovach set a new trial date of Nov. 7, 2017 during a hearing Monday.

On Dec. 1, 2016, McKnight was shot in Terrytown, Louisiana – a suburb of New Orleans.

According to Louisiana’s The Times-Picayune, police say a fit of road rage between the two ended when Gasser shot from inside his car as McKnight approached.