In a stunner for the football fandom across the nation, ex-Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was found dead Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. McNair had been shot along with a woman later identified as his extramarital girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi.
McNair had established himself as a successful longtime quarterback for the Titans, becoming league MVP and nearly a Super Bowl champion. He was later signed to the Ravens, completing a successful campaign before injury issues limited his 2007 service.
Initial news reports had pointed to the crime being a murder-suicide, reports that in retrospect seem accurate but not in the way most of us would have originally expected. McNair was shot four times, including twice in the head, while Kazemi suffered one gunshot wound to the head.
The closest parallel sadly is not to the double murder/suicide committed by pro wrestler Chris Benoit but the tragic death of actor Phil Hartman, killed by his own troubled wife about a decade ago.
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