OT: Air McNair found shot to death

[O]

It's beginning to look as though this may have been a murder/suicide.

From PFT;

Police Reveal More Details In McNair's Death
Posted by Aaron Wilson on July 4, 2009 10:47 PM
During a televised press conference regarding the shooting death of Steve McNair and his girlfriend, Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron confirmed that McNair's wife, Mechelle McNair, is not a suspect.

"Mrs. McNair is obviously very distraught," Aaron said during a briefing televised live on CNN. "Police chaplains have visited Mechelle McNair. At this juncture, we do not believe she is involved. We have not ruled anything out. We may be leaning a certain way, but we have not ruled anything out."

Aaron disclosed that a gun was discovered near Sahel Kazemi, McNair's girlfriend, adding that Kazemi was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head.

And McNair was shot multiple times, including the head.

Aaron said that McNair's friend and bodyguard, Robert Gaddy, called the police at 1:35 p.m. after seeing the bodies.

Per Aaron, witnesses said that McNair had arrived at the condo between 1:30 to 2 a.m. Saturday morning.

"From what I understand, she was a friend of McNair's," Aaron said.

Kazemi was arrested two days ago for DUI and refusal to take a Breathalyzer exam. The black Cadillac Escalade involved in the DUI is registered to both Kazemi and McNair.

McNair wasn't charged with anything in the DUI stop and was allowed to take a taxi home.

When asked several pointed questions, Aaron said that he wasn't aware of a woman allegedly confronting McNair recently and threatening his life. He added that he wasn't aware of any note left at the scene.

Aaron said that Kazemi was employed at Dave & Buster's.

 

[AZ Native]

Wow! Rip Sm

 

[Jersey Girl]

Was shocked when I heard this news. Always kinda liked McNair.

RIP.

 

[Unsterblich856]

McNair was shot multiple times, the female with him was shot once to the head with the gun close by. Sounds like a murder/suicide to me.

 

[RavensSuck1989]

http://images.radcity.net/6832/3781757.mp3

As a Titans fan and Nashville native, I can truly say that this is such a tragic death. Steve McNair was one hell of a football player and a hell of a man. He just opened up a restaurant in Nashville two weeks ago. He's been running youth football camps and participating in charitable activities. Everyone here knows who he is and knows what a great guy he's been. He had so much life ahead of him. He just retired a year and a half ago. He barely had time to sit back and relax and enjoy his retirement.

I grew up watching him. I've been to every home game from '98 (when I was 8 years old) 'til now. He was my idol growing up. I'll be wearing my McNair jersey to every single game this season. Such a tough loss for every Nashville native... such a tough loss for any true fan of the NFL.


RIP Air McNair. We love you!

 

[Dayman]

This story keeps getting stranger.

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/7/4/details_shed_new_light_on_mcnairs_death

While the news that Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair has died has Nashville in a state of shock, NashvillePost.com has gathered new information that sheds a different light on his untimely death.

McNair, 36, and an unnamed woman, were found dead Saturday in downtown Nashville.

The pair died of apparent gunshots wounds and were found in a condominium at 2nd and Lea Avenues in Rutledge Hill. The woman, sources say, was approximately 20 years of age.

While Metro Police has reported that details are sketchy, NashvillePost.com sources say that at approximately 2 a.m. Saturday morning, McNair was celebrating the holidays at the Blue Moon Restaurant near the John C. Tune Airport.

According to the same NashvillePost.com sources, a white woman in her early 20s, around 5-foot-4, approached McNair at the restaurant and accused him of slipping her a “roofie” a year ago.

The woman then told McNair, according to sources, that her boyfriend was going to kill him.

Roofie is a slang term for Rohypnol, a sedative dating back to the early 1970s that is used in hospitals for deep sedation, but is now a fairly infamous date-rape drug.

Multiple sources have confirmed that this information has been shared with the Metro Police Department. Metro Police has yet to identify the dead woman, but is it unknown if the woman at the restaurant is the same woman found in the condo.

Nashville Post.com will update this story as more information comes available.

 

[RavensSuck1989]

The only other detail I have to add to what others have said is the fact that the door to McNair's condo was locked. That makes it seem even more like a murder/suicide. They can't necessarily rule out a double murder quite yet though. Gun residue will be the easiest way to tell. It shouldn't take long to prove the woman guilty or innocent.

I still have a suspicion that it's a double murder. A woman killing a man and running away... happens. A woman killing a man and taking her own life... never heard that before. I think she could have possibly had another boyfriend and he came in raged, killing both of them, taking a key and locking the door when he left.

 

[RavensSuck1989]

This story keeps getting stranger.

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/7/4/details_shed_new_light_on_mcnairs_death

I don't know how or why she would have ended up back at his place then. I want to know what happened so bad. It's really eating me up inside.

 

[Zeno]

McNair always came across as a genuinely nice guy and for awhile was one of the best in the NFL. I work with a former teammate of McNair from college (he was McNairs RB) and he had nothing but good things to say about the guy.

Hopefully the case gets solved quickly for the sake of all those involved.

 

[gamebird98]

Im thinking murder/suicide....police have said that they are NOT seeking any suspects at this time, based on what they have found so far.

 

[Dr. Jones]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...nair_found_shot_dead_in_nashville_report.html

Looks like Murder Suicide. RIP Steve.

 

[D-Dogg]

Unreal. I loved McNair...that dude was tough as nails.

RIP.

 

[AzKarl]

I'm always amazed

McNair always came across as a genuinely nice guy and for awhile was one of the best in the NFL. I work with a former teammate of McNair from college (he was McNairs RB) and he had nothing but good things to say about the guy.

Hopefully the case gets solved quickly for the sake of all those involved.

What was this "great guy" who was married and a Father of 4 ( two of whom were with his wife) doing with a 20 year old waitress who he first was with when she was pulled over for a suspected DUI and then later meeting her at a rented condo at 1-2:00 am? I'm sorry he may have been a great guy in the community but, it sounds like he had other major issues that would earn most of us the boot from our wives or significant others. I'm tired of society glorifying guys who really don't deserve to be glorified. I can forgive his improprieties but, I cannot praise him for them. It is a tragedy but it sounds like he chose the path that led to this potentiality.

 

[RedViper]

What was this "great guy" who was married and a Father of 4 ( two of whom were with his wife) doing with a 20 year old waitress who he first was with when she was pulled over for a suspected DUI and then later meeting her at a rented condo at 1-2:00 am? I'm sorry he may have been a great guy in the community but, it sounds like he had other major issues that would earn most of us the boot from our wives or significant others. I'm tired of society glorifying guys who really don't deserve to be glorified. I can forgive his improprieties but, I cannot praise him for them. It is a tragedy but it sounds like he chose the path that led to this potentiality.

To say that McNair chose a path that led to his violent murder because he was unfaithful to his wife and was in the presence of a gal who recently been charged with DUI is absurd. Maybe if the facts were that McNair had been down in TJ, had just knocked off a drug kingpin and was trying to bring 50 pounds of meth over the border, I would agree he chose his path. To say he did so because he was unfaithful to his wife is just ridiculous as well as disrespectful to a guy who was just murdered yesterday. Unreal.

 

[Shane]

To say that McNair chose a path that led to his violent murder because he was unfaithful to his wife and was in the presence of a gal who recently been charged with DUI is absurd. Maybe if the facts were that McNair had been down in TJ, had just knocked off a drug kingpin and was trying to bring 50 pounds of meth over the border, I would agree he chose his path. To say he did so because he was unfaithful to his wife is just ridiculous as well as disrespectful to a guy who was just murdered yesterday. Unreal.

He definitely chose his path that there is no doubt.

I gotta agree with Karl on this one. Everyone is making this guy sound like a hero. When a hero and a role model he certainly isnt. Or at least shouldn't be.

 

[RedViper]

He definitely chose his path that there is no doubt.

I gotta agree with Karl on this one. Everyone is making this guy sound like a hero. When a hero and a role model he certainly isnt. Or at least shouldn't be.

How the hell can you say murder victim chose his path because he was unfaithful to his wife? Thats sickening to me. Did the Taliban take over the country last night? Last I heard we didn't have the death penalty for that.

 

[moklerman]

The woman has been described as McNair's "friend" on the various reports I've heard and apparently the condo and Cadillac both have both of their names on the ownership. If they were indeed just friends then he actually was a heckuva guy. I'd sure appreciate one of my friends buying me a condo and a car.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

McNair's name was on her Escalade, People in the condo complex made note that the woman could be seen coming in and out of his condo 3-4 times a week,

This one is pretty easy to figure out based on the facts given.

Famous athlete sweeps 20 year old girl off her feet, then tries to end it when the wife catches wind of the affair.

Freak girl decides if she can't have him, no one can.

The end.

 

[Shane]

How the hell can you say murder victim chose his path because he was unfaithful to his wife? Thats sickening to me. Did the Taliban take over the country last night? Last I heard we didn't have the death penalty for that.

You are acting as though we are saying he deserved what he got. We clearly aren't. Two entirely different things. Try not to confuse the two.

Very simple question: If he CHOSE not to have an affair with that 20 year old woman outside of wedlock would he likely be alive today?

 

[82CardsGrad]

Very sad story...

I was in Vegas @ The Bellagio Super Bowl Weekend and actually was gambling at the same Black jack table at McNair. He was totally intoxicated - embarassingly so.
Still seemed like a great guy however - he just couldn't put two words together he was so drunk...

 

[RedViper]

You are acting as though we are saying he deserved what he got. We clearly aren't. Two entirely different things. Try not to confuse the two.

Very simple question: If he CHOSE not to have an affair with that 20 year old woman outside of wedlock would he likely be alive today?

Shane, you are agreeing that a guy who had an affair has culpabilty in his own homicide. Let there be no confusion about that. Thats a disgusting position to take. I'm hoping you can back off it. And its not a case of one thing following the other. To say he chose his path is to say McNair has culpability in his own death. That a patent absurdity. The answer to your very simple question, should someone expect to be killed by multiple gunshot wounds if he chooses to a have an affair is absolutely not. One doesn't follow the other. Do the cops take the position when they find a bystander dead at Circle K, that the victim chose his own path because he went into a Circle K, he should have known it might get robbed? I hope not. McNair has possibly even less culpability than the bystander at Circle K and he doesn't deserve to be trashed less than 48 hours after his murder.

 

[moklerman]

The end.

The only other thing would be if someone else was involved and made it look like a murder suicide.

 

[Shane]

Shane, you are agreeing that a guy who had an affair has culpabilty in his own homicide. Let there be no confusion about that. Thats a disgusting position to take I'm hoping you can back off it. And its not a case of one thing following the other. To say he chose his path is to say McNair has culpability in his own death. That a patent absurdity. The answer to your very simple question, should someone expect to be killed by multiple gunshot wounds if he chooses to a have an affair is absolutely not. One doesn't follow the other. Do the cops take the position when they find a bystander dead at Circle K, that the victim chose his own path because he went into a Circle K? I hope not. McNair has possibly even less culpability than the bystander at Circle K and he doesn't deserve to be trashed 48 hours after his murder.

The choices he made resulted in his death plain and simple. It doesnt get any more simple than that. He is culpable because he put himself in a position to allow a 20 something year old female to fall for him and obviously become an emotional wreck because of it. There is culpability in that IMHO. Whether you like it or not really doesnt matter to me. Of course nobody that chooses to do that expects it to happen but inevitibly it does happen more often than people think.

Your Circle K analogy is quite frankly ********. Apples and Oranges in the biggest sense of the words.

Who are you to say what Mcnair deserves? You dont even know the man. Im willing to bet that his own wife is cursing him right about now.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

More info just released on ESPN

"It's still kind of hard to believe," Fred McNair said. "He was the greatest person in the world. He gave back to the community. He loved kids and he wanted to be a role model to kids."


McNair and his wife split their time between Nashville and their farm in Mount Olive, Miss., according to a statement from the Titans.


An arrest affidavit from Thursday said Kazemi had bloodshot eyes and alcohol on her breath when she was pulled over, but refused a Breathalyzer test, telling police "she was not drunk, she was high."


Kazemi's ex-boyfriend, Keith Norfleet, told The Tennessean newspaper that he and Kazemi had dated for about four years, but broke up five months ago. He said he was concerned about her dating a married man, the newspaper reported.


"She is the sweetest girl, and she did not deserve this," Norfleet said upon learning of her death. "He was making her believe they were going to be together and everything would be perfect.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4307274

 

[moklerman]

RedViper

I don't think your analogy is accurate. Going to Circle K and getting shot as an innocent bystander is a completely different scenario than a crime of passion. Getting involved with an immature person just adds to the risk factor. If you think that having an affair with someone can't possibly lead to dire circumstances then I think you've been ignoring the news for a while.

When(if?) McNair chose to have an affair he chose to put himself in a situation that could eventually escalate. Death is certainly an extreme example but not an uncommon one.