At press time, authorities in Nashville were still trying to figure out the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a 20-year-old woman police are calling “his friend,” who was found shot to death alongside him in his downtown condominium.
McNair’s body was discovered on a sofa in the living room Saturday with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head, according to the Associated Press. His friend, Sahel Kazemi, was very close to him on the floor, killed by a single gunshot. A pistol was discovered near her, but police said it took a while to find the firearm.
At OTR press time, Nashville police is calling McNair’s death as a homocide, but has not labeled Kazemi’s.However speculation is centering on classifying the case a murder-suicide.
McNair, 36, orchestrated the famous Tennessee Titans’ drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl.