Not guilty plea from man who shot ex-NFL player McKnight (Yahoo Sports)

The man who fatally shot former NFL player Joe McKnight formally pleaded not guilty Monday to a second-degree murder charge. Ronald Gasser, 55, of Terrytown, had initially been arrested on a manslaughter charge following McKnight's Dec. 1 death. ''It was a case of justifiable homicide,'' defense attorney Gerard Archer told reporters after a brief arraignment hearing at the Jefferson Parish Courthouse in the New Orleans suburb of Gretna.