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HARVEY, La. -- The shooting death of an ex-NFL player in a New Orleans suburb was a road rage incident that began on a nearby bridge, a sheriff said Friday, as he urged against a rush to judgment and defended his handling of the case.Joe McKnight was shot Thursday afternoon in Terrytown, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Authorities identified 54-year-old Ronald Gasser, who stayed at the scene, as the shooter and released him overnight, sparking criticism.At a news conference Friday, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said the altercation that ended with McKnights death started on a nearby bridge -- possibly when one of the two men cut the other off -- and then proceeded into streets of the New Orleans suburb. He didnt say which driver cut off the other.Authorities said Gasser shot McKnight three times from inside his car with a semi-automatic handgun while McKnight was standing outside. Witnesses reported the two had been in a heated argument, the sheriff said.Normand defended his handling of the case, saying the investigation was ongoing. No charges have been filed. Some protesters upset at Gassers release gathered outside the sheriffs office earlier Friday.Speaking of Gassers release, the sheriff said the state has certain statutes that provide a defense to certain crimes but did not go into further detail.The easiest thing for me would have been `Book him, Danno. Right? Normand said, referring to the police saying made popular on Hawaii Five-0. But Normand urged caution.Mr. Gasser is not going anywhere. He has been completely cooperative with us in every request we have made, he said. We will do a very through and deliberate investigation.But news late Friday that Gasser was involved in a similar altercation with a driver a decade ago will likely raise further questions about who was the aggressor.Normand said in a press release late Friday that in February 2006, Gasser chased down and beat another driver in what appeared to be the same intersection where McKnight was shot and killed Thursday.In the 2006 incident, a man observed a truck driving erratically and called a number on the truck, speaking to a man later identified as Gasser. Gasser and the man got into a fight on the phone and then Gasser followed the man to a service station, confronted him and hit him several times. Gasser drove away and the victim called 911.Investigators found Gasser and issued a misdemeanor summons for simple battery, which was later dismissed. Authorities said they are trying to determine why it was dismissed.Normand earlier Friday didnt go into details from the investigation, saying he didnt want to taint any prospective witnesses that might still come forward.But he did reject a number of accounts in local media speculating about the shooting. In particular, Normand said there was no video of the incident and that Gasser did not stand over McKnight and fire shots into him.Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich backed that up, saying Knights three wounds were not consistent with being shot from above.McKnights grandmother said family members are still seeking information about the players death and why Gasser was released.Barbara Franklin told The Associated Press relatives are trying to find out our own selves just what happened. Of Gasser, she said by phone, He might be released now, but God is going to bring about justice in it.McKnight is the second former NFL player this year to die in the New Orleans area in an apparent road rage incident. Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was killed in a shooting last April sparked by a traffic altercation.Normand said no gun was found outside either vehicle. A sheriffs office spokesman, Col. John Fortunato, said authorities are searching both vehicles. Fortunato said McKnight didnt have a weapon on his person or near his body when found.Gasser couldnt immediately be reached by The Associated Press.His release raised questions about what exactly led to the shooting. Arthur A. Lemmann, a New Orleans-based attorney not connected to the case, cautioned that it was too early to tell but it could indicate Gasser says he acted in self-defense.Its not the end of the matter ... but what it indicates to me is that there was some basis to believe that the homicide was justified. And the most typical justification of a homicide is self-defense, Lemmann said.McKnight played three seasons for the New York Jets and one with the Kansas City Chiefs. He spent this season in the Canadian Football League.McKnight was considered the nations No. 1 running back recruit when he came out of Louisiana in 2006 and signed with the University of Southern California. He was drafted by the Jets in the fourth round in 2010.In a mostly somber New York Jets locker room, former teammates remembered McKnight. Only a handful of players remain from those New York teams, but the impact McKnight left was clear.In my rookie year, he was like the first guy who actually talked to me here, said quarterback Geno Smith, who was drafted in 2013. Joe was cool, man. He was funny. Just a real laid-back guy, always kept you laughing and always a smile on his face.A few veteran players declined to comment in the locker room because they were so upset by the news, but later issued statements through the team.My memories from him are working hard, cornerback Darrelle Revis said. He came in his rookie year and it was a little rocky for him trying to learn the system. And then his second year, he took off as an explosive kick returner and he won us numerous games.---Associated Press reporters Jeff Amy in Jackson, Mississippi, and Dennis Waszak Jr. in Florham Park, New Jersey contributed to this report.---Follow Rebecca Santana on Twitter (at)ruskygal. Jaromir Jagr Jersey . PAUL, Minn. Walt Tkaczuk Jersey . 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The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos.Bangladesh will take a healthy 128-run lead into the third day of an enthralling second Test in Dhaka, after swiftly erasing Englands unlikely first-innings advantage of 24 runs. The home side were 152-3 at stumps after Zafar Ansari (2-33) broke an 86-run stand between Mahmudullah (47) and Imrul Kayes (59no) with two minutes of play remaining - the spinner claiming his second Test wicket after removing Tamim Iqbal earlier for 40.Bangladeshs position would have been stronger but for a 99-run stand for the ninth wicket between Chris Woakes (46) and Adil Rashid (44no) that enabled England to recover from 144-8 to 244 all out in their first innings - the tourists losing their way despite Joe Roots 23rd Test fifty, as teenager Mehedi Hasan (6-82) became the first Bangladesh player to take two five-wicket hauls in his first two Tests. Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid revived England from 144-8 With the cracked pitch expected to deteriorate in the coming days, Bangladesh - 1-0 down in the two-match series after their 22-run defeat in Chittagong - remain firmly in the hunt for their first ever Test win over England.The tourists began the day 170 runs behind on 50-3 in their first innings and were quickly in trouble on a turning pitch as Moeen Ali swept across a Mehedi delivery and Mominul Hasan pounced at short leg to gobble up a bat-pad chance offered by Ben Stokes off Taijul Islam (3-65), who also had Root dropped at slip on 19 in the same over.From 69-5 Root and Jonny Bairstow (24) carefully rebuilt with a sixth-wicket stand of 45 in 16.3 overs - the ball frequently spinning past the edge - the pair using their feet well to rotate the strike. Joe Roots fifty was an innings of craft and supreme focus Englands deficit was still a sizeable 106, though, when Bairstow played across the first ball of a new Mehedi spell and was lbw. Debutant Zafar Ansari could have gone for a duck, but was dropped off his fourth delivery faced, the ball deflecting past slip via Mushfiqur Rahims gloves.With Bangladeshs spinners exercising expert control, 65 minutes and 18.1 overs passed without a boundary until Root cashed in on a Taijul full toss to pick up four and move within a couple of his fifty, which came up with a clipped two through mid-wicket.His 122-ball vigil only came to an end when he played back to a Taijul delivery that slid on and trapped him lbw, making him the eighth man out after Ansari edged to second slip to become Mehedis fifth victim of the innings.dddddddddddd.At 144-8 Bangladesh had high hopes of earning a potentially decisive first-innings lead and might have done so had Mushfiqur not missed a stumping when Rashid had just six.The skipper, increasingly desperate for a breakthrough as England whittled down the arrears, rotated his bowlers with little effect and Rashid brought up the fifty stand with a driven four on the up off seamer Kamrul Imran, who bowled just three overs for 16 runs.Bangladesh appeared bereft of ideas leading up to the new ball - with the absence of Mehedi and Taijul from the attack at times baffling. Mehedi Hasan celebrates his second five-for in as many Tests Part-timer Sabbir Rahman did have Woakes caught at mid-wicket off a full toss on 38, but the all-rounder won a reprieve when the officials deemed the delivery a no-ball on the grounds of height. Replays suggested it was a harsh call.When the new ball was taken, the end of Englands innings came swiftly to a close - Woakes caught around the corner off Mehedi, before last man Steven Finn snicked Taijul behind to go for a second-ball duck.Englands first-innings cushion didnt last long as Tamim followed his first-innings hundred up with a dynamic 40 off 47 balls, using the reverse sweep to particularly telling effect against Ansari to manoeuvre the field.The spinner, given the chance to bowl ahead of Rashid, justified his captains faith as Tamim picked out Cook at leg-slip to hand Ansari his first Test scalp.Mominul, the only other batsman with a score of note in Bangladeshs first innings, fell to the first ball of the very next over as he edged Stokes to slip, where Cook held onto a comfortable chance. v Live Test Cricket Bangladesh vs England October 30, 2016, 3:45am Sky Sports 2 HD Get a Sky Sports Pass Upgrade to Sky Sports There was to be no collapse, though, as Imrul and Mahmudullah combined in a bullish third-wicket stand that threatened to put the match out of Englands reach.The pair looked well set to see out the day until Mahmudullah swept wildly at a full Ansari delivery and was bowled with stumps imminent.Watch extended highlights of todays play on Sky Sports 2 at 5.30pm, followed by The Verdict on the same channel at 6.30pm. Our live coverage of day three begins at 3.45am on Sunday once the clocks have returned to GMT time. ' ' '