re: Gasser didn't testify in McKnight case; Guilty of manslaughter

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almost seems as though these are two separate incidents...the car chase and then the point when McKnight exits his vehicle.

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And surveillance footage investigators found showed Gasser speeding past McKnight on Behrman and pulling in front of him.

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She said she classified the distance as “intermediate,” which is between 2 and 3 feet, though she said she would consider it on the long-end of that scale. She said the microscopic presence of gunpowder residue found inside one of McKnight’s wounds prevented her from classifying it as “distant,” or more than 3 feet.

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An aluminum "Little Giant" ladder that Gasser, a telecommunications contractor, had in his passenger seat on the day of the killing had also been re-positioned in the car. Prosecutors have pointed at the ladder to cast doubt on Gasser's claim that McKnight tried to lunge into his car through the open passenger window and attack him moments before Gasser shot McKnight. Gasser's side argues the ladder would not have deterred McKnight from trying.

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