Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times in Nashville, Tennessee Saturday. Police said they found McNair and a woman identified as Sahel Kazemi fatally shot receiving a phone call about an injured person in a condominium in downtown Nashville. The ex-NFL star was shot twice in the head and twice in the chest, while Ms. Kazemi was shot once in the head. McNair's body was found seated on a living room sofa and a semi-automatic pistol was found under Kazemi's body, which was on the floor. The bodies were found two days after Kazemi was pulled over in an Escalade, registered to her and McNair, and charged with driving under the influence. McNair was in the car at the time. McNair, a married father of four, and Sahel Kazemi apparently were involved in a dating relationship over the past several months.
McNair met Kazemi at the Dave & Buster’s restaurant where she worked as a server and where his family ate often. The two began dating a few months ago. Ms. Kazemi bought a gun a couple of days before she was found dead alongside the slain former NFL quarterback. “There was no way she was depressed and wanting to do this,” he said. “She was so happy. … She just had it made, you know, this guy taking care of everything,” said her nephew, who also said his aunt believed Steve McNair was divorcing his wife and she was preparing to sell her furniture to move in with him. Sounds like the common occurrence of the girlfriend disappointed when she finds out that the husband is not leaving his wife for her.
Mechelle McNair has been described as very distraught about her husband’s death but has not commented on it. Nashville courts had no record of a McNair divorce case, but a 14,000-square-foot home he owned in Nashville is on the market for $3 million.
Publicly, McNair was a happily married man and proud father of four sons who split his time between his Mississippi farm and a home in Music City, where celebrities are cherished, not hassled. His death, however, thrust a darker side of his private life into the spotlight.
On the football field, he simply was “Air McNair,” a winner. McNair still holds the NCAA’s Football Championship Series (formerly Division I-AA) records for career yards passing (14,496) and total offense (16,823) from his days at Alcorn State University, a HBCU school.
He played 13 NFL seasons, starting with the then-Houston Oilers, which became the Tennessee Titans. He led the Titans to the 2000 Super Bowl. He was named the NFL's co-Most Valuable Player with Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning in 2003. He ended his career with the Baltimore Ravens last season, after being traded away by the Titans after they drafted Vince Young as a replacement for the aching and expensive veteran. Steve McNair played with unquestioned heart and leadership and NFL fans were shocked by the news of his death.
What is so sad is that his family will forever have this to remember every Fourth of July. And after such a marvelous career, a person is remembered by a last act, which becomes your legacy.
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