What is the latest news from Nashville regarding the death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair?”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Police are calling the shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair a homicide, but they haven’t yet reached a conclusion about the death of the 20-year-old woman found with him. Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Sunday that the two had been dating the past several months. Aaron says McNair was shot four times, twice in the head. The woman, 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi, was killed by a single gunshot wound. The pistol was found near her body. The 36-year-old McNair, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who was married with four children, and Kazemi were found dead Saturday at a Nashville condominium he shared with a friend. McNair played most of his career with the Tennessee Titans before he was traded to the Baltimore Ravens. He retired last year.
Autopsy shows Steve McNair was murdered Former Titans quarterback Steve McNair was murdered, but police have not yet determined whether the woman found dead with him was a victim of homicide or suicide. A Sunday morning autopsy revealed that McNair was shot four times – twice in the head, twice in the chest. His girlfriend, 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi, died of a gunshot wound to the side of the head. A semi-automatic pistol was found on the floor under her body. But it will take many days of interviews with their families and friends and witnesses who saw McNair out on the town Friday night before police will rule whether the deaths were a murder-suicide or a double homicide. “While it is clear McNair’s death is a homicide, the police department is not classifying Kazemi’s death, pending further investigation and interviews with persons who knew her and McNair,” police spokesman Don Aaron said at press conference this afternoon. “We can’t be close-minded,” Aaron said. “All scenarios are o
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Former star NFL quarterback Steve McNair was found shot to death in a Nashville condominium on Saturday, police said. A woman’s body was also found at the scene. McNair, who was 36, suffered several gunshot wounds, the Nashville Tennessean newspaper reported, citing police. A 20-year-old woman was found alongside him with a single gunshot wound to her head and a pistol near her body, it reported. The newspaper described the deaths as an apparent murder-suicide. Police were called to the scene in the early afternoon.
