According to a report by the Nashville Tennessean, Steve McNair’s shocking death is being called as an apparent murder-suicide.
McNair, a hometown hero who did extensive charity work in Nashville, had several gunshot wounds, including one to the head. He was found on the sofa of a Second Avenue condominium that he rented, police said. Sahel Kazemi, 20, was found on the floor near him with a single gunshot wound to her head. A pistol was found near her body.
Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said investigators were not actively looking for suspects Saturday night but had not ruled out any scenarios. He stopped short of calling the deaths a murder-suicide, but said the police should be able to classify the deaths today after autopsies and forensic work.
“We expect to make additional conclusions after the autopsy process,” Aaron said
Though much of the attention was on the Second Avenue crime scene, police also swarmed Kazemi’s apartment at the Cherry Creek complex in Hermitage on Saturday. They questioned neighbors who said they often saw McNair visiting Kazemi. Sometimes, neighbors said, she would arrive home in a limousine in the early morning. They also heard arguments between her and her boyfriend.
Most recently, she had a new black car she said was a gift from her boyfriend.
She was arrested in that car, a black 2007 Cadillac Escalade registered to her and McNair, early Thursday at Broadway and Ninth Avenue, just two days before the deaths. She was charged with driving under the influence and refusing to take a breath test. She told police she was not drunk, but high.
This is just an unbelievable story. McNair was one of the good guys in the NFL for a very long time and while I obviously don’t know the entire situation, I struggle to understand why he would be mixed up with a girl like this. She’s 16 years his junior and he’s married with four kids. Why was he with her? Something isn’t adding up here.
But again, we don’t know all the details so it’s not fair to speculate. We should be honoring his life more than trying to get the details about his fatal end, so that’s what I’ll do.
Thanks for the memories, Steve. Thanks for the most exciting Super Bowl I’ve ever watched, the professionalism and your consistent gritty, gutsy play.
