/ NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
The man held in the fatal shooting of the former NFL standout Joe McKnight in Louisiana admitted to investigators he had pulled the trigger, according to officials, but he was allowed to walk free without charges Friday while they investigated the case.
The man, Ronald Gasser, 54, was freed overnight after McKnight was shot at about 2:45 p.m. Thursday in an apparent road rage episode in Terrytown, La., about 5 miles southeast of New Orleans, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
The decision to release Gasser, who is white, after he was questioned infuriated supporters and former teammates of McKnight, who was black, and they took to social media to express outrage.