Authorities are officially ruling Steve McNair’s death a homicide, but wouldn’t say whether or not it was a murder-suicide.
McNair, 36, had been dating Saleh Kazemi for several months, and Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Sunday that a semiautomatic pistol was found under her body. She was shot in the head. He was discovered in a seated position on a sofa in the living room.
McNair, who was married with four sons, had a permit to carry a handgun in Tennessee, and he was arrested once before with a 9mm weapon although charges in the case were dropped. Police said they had not yet determined who owned the gun found at the scene.
Investigators weren’t looking for a suspect but were questioning friends of the couple as well as Kazemi’s ex-boyfriend. They were also waiting for results of drug and other laboratory tests before deciding whether McNair was killed in a lovers’ quarrel.
“That’s a very important part of the investigation as we work to ultimately classify Miss Kazemi’s death,” Aaron said.
Considering authorities aren’t looking for any suspects and the woman was only shot once in the head with the gun laying nearby, it’s easy to speculate that this was a murder-suicide. But until more details are released, that’s all it is – speculation.
It’s sad to think that McNair was having an affair with a wife and four kids at home, but hey, nobody is perfect. Plus we don’t know what else was going on and there is always more to a story than what is perceived. The situation seemingly could have been avoided, but then again, a lot of tragedies usually are when you look back on it.
I feel bad for McNair’s wife. I can only imagine the hell she has gone through the past two days.
