. >> reporter: joe mcknight's blood, still on the asphalt, too much for calvin lambert, a childhood friend of the former running back. >> i just seen him the other day. i ain't going to see him no more. >> reporter: this morning, along with grief is mounting outrage a community horrified that ronald admitted to gunning down mcknight. but jefferson parish sheriff warns don't believe the rumors about mr. mcknight's death. >> mr. gasser did not stand over mr. mcknight and fire shots into him. >> reporter: instead, the sheriff says, evidence shows that on thursday afternoon, afteren incident of road rage, he was shot after he got out of his car and walked to the >> the three cases were located within the vehicle. >> reporter: tributes poured in from old teams, usc, new york jets and kansas city chiefs. >> he was always upbeat, had a good time, no matter the situation. >> reporter: born and raised in louisiana, minutes from the memorial in his honor, mcknight's troubling to friends. >> we the same age. that could have been me. >> reporter: and strangers you know, see another african-american di