McNair Shot Dead In His Sleep By Mistress
Posted by Media Outrage on July 8, 2009
The medical examiner in the McNair shooting, says he’s %95 sure that Sahel Kazemi fired the gun that killed she and McNair. They say it happened while he was sleep.
Dr. Feng Li, the assistant medical examiner who has been handling the case, said preliminary results from the autopsy and crime scene are “all indicating that she killed Mr. McNair and killed herself.”
“I’ll say greater than 95 percent,” Li told CNN when asked how confident he was with the findings. “It’s almost an assured thing. We have to be convinced otherwise.”
UPDATE:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else, police said Wednesday.
Sahel Kazemi “was spinning out of control” when she shot McNair four times as he dozed on a sofa early Saturday, then turned the gun on herself, Police Chief Ronal Serpas said.
Interviews with friends revealed that she was making payments on two cars, her rent was doubling and she suspected the married McNair was having a second affair with another young woman.
She told a friend on Friday that “My life is a ball of s— and I should end it,” Serpas said.
Police earlier had labeled McNair’s death a homicide, but waited for further tests and the revelations about Kazemi’s personal problems before concluding that she pulled the trigger of a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol in a condominium McNair rented with a friend.
McNair, 36, a quarterback for the Tennessee Titans most of his career, met Kazemi six months ago at a sports cafe where she was a waitress and his family often ate. She seemed happy and eager to build a life with him, but something went wrong.
“We do know that she was clearly sending a message during the last five to seven days of her life that things were going bad quickly,” Serpas said, though there was no indication she told anyone she planned to harm McNair.
Serpas said detectives learned that Kazemi recently found out about another young woman she thought McNair was romantically involved with and had even followed that woman home, though she did not confront her.
Serpas said police believe McNair was asleep when he was killed because there were no defensive wounds. After shooting McNair in the head, Kazemi apparently shot him twice in the chest before shooting him again in the head.
Before shooting herself, she sat next to his body and “tried to stage it so she would fall in his lap,” Serpas said. She did, but her body slid to the floor and ended up at McNair’s feet. The gun was found underneath her.
Kazemi’s family told reporters that the woman was so confident McNair was divorcing his wife of 12 years that she was preparing to sell her furniture and move in with him.
But associate Mike Mu, who has worked with McNair’s charitable association for years, said earlier Wednesday that McNair’s wife, Mechelle McNair, “didn’t know who this girl is.” No records of divorce proceedings have surfaced. The McNairs have four children.
Two days before the shooting, police stopped Kazemi driving a Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicle that McNair had given her for her birthday in May.
According to an arrest affidavit, Kazemi had bloodshot eyes and alcohol on her breath. She refused a breath test and told an officer “she was not drunk, she was high.” She was charged with DUI. McNair was with her but not charged. He later made her bail.
Police are awaiting toxicology reports on both bodies.
Serpas said that even though both her name and McNair’s were on the Cadillac’s title, she was apparently responsible for making payments. She was also making payments on another car after she couldn’t sell it.
Kazemi had no history of violence, but “on the last several days of her life it’s obvious that she made some very poor decisions,” Serpas said.
Mechelle McNair has not spoken publicly since the shooting. Bishop Joseph W. Walker III of Mount Zion Baptist Church, which the McNairs have attended since moving to Nashville in 1997, said Wednesday that she is doing as well as can be expected.
“Her faith is what’s sustaining her now,” he said. “We haven’t talked about the circumstances of his death. She is processing it in a private way. It’s obviously devastating on so many levels.”
A memorial service is set for Thursday night in Nashville, with the funeral Saturday in his native Mississippi.
The four-time Pro Bowl quarterback was being remembered Wednesday at the stadium where he played much of his career. The Tennessee Titans opened LP Field for fans to watch video highlights of McNair’s 13-year NFL career and look at photos of the quarterback. There was also a book for them to write messages that will be given to the family.
McNair was known as “Air McNair” for his passing prowess at Alcorn State in Mississippi. In 2000, he helped lead the Titans to the Super Bowl, where they ended up a yard short of a touchdown on the last play of the game when they trailed by seven points.
He spent the last two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens before retiring from the NFL last year.
Mediaoutrage- Very sad.
July 8, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I dont think we needed CSI to determine this one DR Feng LI.
JUMPOFF SCORNED! CASE CLOSED.
Who I feel sorry for is those 4 boys who are growing up fatherless over some bullshit cheating practice. Why do men feel like having these outside relationships and take care of these broads like they are wifey??!?!?
Beat it up
SKEET it up
Delete it up
buying her Cadillac and taking care of her
is stupid. AND DEADLY!!!
July 8, 2009 at 7:11 pm
hell i could of told them she did it, LOL wasnt he married? what the hell was he doing out with her, was he creeping, hmm sad, i wonder what happened, not worth it
July 8, 2009 at 7:12 pm
so tragic. lol dt you are krazy
July 8, 2009 at 7:13 pm
i AGREE WITH YOU DT, 100%, well he paid the ultimate price, with his life, and im sure it wasnt worth all that, to pay with your life, damn shame,
July 8, 2009 at 7:14 pm
fellas please take heed that messing around outside your marriage or relationship can result in a woman being scorned. And everybody knows that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. R.I.P to both of them and God bless their families.
Just ridiculousness!!!!! I know yall seen A thin Line Between Love and Hate and Fatal Attraction
July 8, 2009 at 7:21 pm
What i dont understand is why Famous athletes feel they need to take care of women?…..YOUR FAMOUS!! THEY SHOULD BE PAYING YOU FOR THE DICK!!
Shit, if I charge to speak at engagements Im charging for this dick too..I feel Athletes who charge for signing autographs and everything else should charge for the right of me beating that poontang down!
This guy didnt listen to his agent on his endorsement 101 class
July 8, 2009 at 7:24 pm
lmao
July 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm
What a fool. He had EVERYTHING!! Fame, money, cute wife & kids and he threw it all away for a piece of fugly ass.
And shame on all you brothers who support your boy when he cheats. I don’t know how they can look his wife and sons in the face.
I’ll give it to Mrs. NcNair cause I’d cremate his ass, flush the ashes down the toilet then go by myself some diamonds.
July 8, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Uh duh! We figured that shit out when they said he was found dead in a condo with a woman other than his wife!
My condolences to their families. Especially Steve’s now fatherless children.
July 8, 2009 at 8:01 pm
That’s what you get for sticking your dick into another woman’s punani and not your wife’s.
July 8, 2009 at 8:39 pm
We figure that out a looong time MO.
lowridaz, i could swear u were that jump-off. lol, actually i’m not kidding, no two people should look so much alike unless they are twins.
July 8, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Died of “Jihad coochie”…
July 8, 2009 at 8:49 pm
All I have to say is one word……”SNAPPED”
My fiance watches that show on the LifeTime(Male-Bashing)channel…..I’m just hoping she doesn’t get any deadly ideas!
I don’t want to have to kill a Bit@%!!!…..LOL
Peace
July 8, 2009 at 8:50 pm
DT he did not take care of her ..I just watched the ESPN Press conference ..She killed him because she became depressed having to pay for her Escalade, Kia and apartment ..Her roommate was moving out which would have made her pay the home bills alone …I assume he gave her a down payment and she ran around town saying “He take care of me ” .She was also jealous because he had another jump-off
July 8, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I just wanna know why nobody heard the gunshots!!
July 8, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Lacy..
that may be true but he SIGNED for that escalade. He may have not been paying the note but the downpayment could not have been made with a chick working at some restaurant. Which means he gave her SOME cake…
July 8, 2009 at 9:44 pm
LOL @ ALLISWELLS
July 8, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Fatal Attraction, not worth is.
July 9, 2009 at 12:07 am
Yeah, that is sad.
July 9, 2009 at 12:12 am
Cheatin Married men, stop telling people that your wife is a bitch and your’e getting a divorce, lol.
July 9, 2009 at 1:13 am
This should be a message to ALL MARRIED people, not just married men, athletes, stars, ballers and D boys. Brothers have been dealing with several women and in some cases several families, and that shit has been wrong and has messed up the family foundation in blacks. That shit has spilled over into our females and even young ladies because we have entered a time that it is even fashionable to be a female player and have “male jumpoffs” Lets be good to eachother, lets be honest, lets talk out our problems and lets resist the temptation of the flesh when it is not the flesh of the spouse. Lets stop telling our sons to be pimps/playas and our daughters to use what they got to get what they want. You dont have to show your ass to show that you are great ((((((((Beyonce)))))))))
Good Evening!!!!
July 9, 2009 at 1:23 am
the shooting happened on 4th of july so people thought it was firecrackers and really didnt bother to investigate the pop,pop,pop,pop, then pop!she was definately a woman scorned she Nino Browned his ass. he shouldve been at home in bed with his wife and getting ready to grill at that 3million dollar mansion with his family on the 4th he truly got independence that day RIP to both of them.
July 9, 2009 at 3:40 am
Can’t say i feel sorry for him. Cause if I were the wife I would let his mother bury him. I am sorry for his wife and children.
To all cheating men, never play with the mind of a young woman (20) cause she is not mature enough to handle the games, as we now see.
July 9, 2009 at 3:45 am
I feel sorry for the boys growing up without their father and knowing how their father died, but Steve played with fire and paid the ultimate price.
If I was her, after getting over the shock and putting that dude in the ground, I would get my financial affairs in order, sell that house, make a new life for myself and wouldn’t even look back. I wouldn’t even think about having another man in my life on a permanent basis. If I wanted sex I would keep me a good, legitimate male service on speed dial.
July 9, 2009 at 10:08 am
Having a side relationship never works out.Someone in the relationship will always want more,time,money,sex.He likely thought he could control her because she was young,but she got used to him taking care of her,and when that was threatened it was a wrap.
R.I.P
July 9, 2009 at 10:35 am
and if the escalade was in his name also, but she was making payments, on two cars, and behind on rent, well that means he wasnt giving her that much cake! he may have gave her some, but he knew she was young, and silly, and believe anything, because aint no way ,messing with a man like that, she should of been struggling. get something out of it ,besides a stiff dick, fuck that, my aunt was in a similar situation , with a married man who was with the temptations, dude was come here to boston to see her, my aunt was young, but one thing my aunt got was a nice home, in her name, nice ride, and money stacked, she set herself up, she knew nothing would come out of that, so why not get yourself set up, and she got her own business now, with that dough, smart lady, i dont condone messing with married men at all, my cousin had her door kicked in once by the wife of a married man and beat with bats, chances you take when you fuck around, i dont play that shit
July 9, 2009 at 10:48 am
LMAOOO @ ms behave saying this……lowridaz, i could swear u were that jump-off. lol, actually i’m not kidding, no two people should look so much alike unless they are twins.
when i first saw that pic, i was like, damn we kind of favor, but then i wanted to see how many responses come back mentioning it, and here you come wit it, LOL no i feel you, i thought the same, how funny! but no we arent related at all
July 9, 2009 at 2:19 pm
They need to change the name jumpoff, because apparently when they jump on they don’t want to jumpoff. I read that she thought that he had another mistress, which she followed one night and that her roommate was moving out and she was getting scared about not having enough money to pay her bills.
July 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Sad but true… all things done in the dark come to the light.