The wave of celebrity deaths continues with a loss that’s closer to home. Our Tennessee Titans lost retired QB Steve McNair this weekend after he was found shot 4 times in his Nashville residence. Authorities also found a woman shot to death in the apartment.
McNair is married with 4 children but the various news reports have the dead woman listed as Sahel Kazemi and she may have been Steve’s girlfriend. Speculation also revolves around whether Sahel killed McNair than turned the gun on herself.
Asked whether the shooting was a murder-suicide, Don Aaron, spokesman for the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, said investigators have not classified the incident . He said investigators have not ruled out anything but added that they were not “actively looking at suspects” Saturday night.
“I suspect we’ll have something to say tomorrow,” Aaron said.
The bodies were found just two days after Kazemi was pulled over in a Cadillac Escalade, registered to her and McNair, and charged with a DUI, Aaron said. McNair was in the vehicle at the time.
Although Aaron described Kazemi as McNair’s “friend,” a law enforcement source close to the investigation said that the woman is McNair’s girlfriend and that the residence is her condominium in downtown Nashville.
Witnesses said McNair was a frequent visitor at the condominium.
Authorities were questioning people who were near the home, but they said no one was in custody.
We will always remember McNair for his gutsy play and great leadership on the field including the now famous Super Bowl XXXIV against St. Louis in which McNair drove the Titans down the field and were 1 yard short of a tie.
