Former Jets running back Joe McKnight reportedly was shot dead Thursday in the New Orleans area at the age of 28.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said a man was gunned down following an argument at an intersection in Terrytown, and family members identified McKnight as the victim, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
A witness at the scene told the newspaper the victim, McKnight, was trying to apologize to another man who was yelling at him. The shooter fired more than once then stood over McKnight’s body and said, “I told you don’t you f— with me,” before firing again, the witness said.