Police: McNair shot dead in sleep by girlfriend
By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II, Associated Press Writer
29 minutes ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)?Former NFL star
Steve McNair(notes) 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.
Investigators may never know why Kazemi shot McNair four times as he dozed on a sofa early Saturday before turning the gun on herself, Police Chief Ronal Serpas said.
But 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. 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 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 restaurant 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.
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