Investigating NFL Star Shooting
How does a guy who was an NFL star quarterback end up being shot twice in the head and twice in the chest? That is what police in Nashville are trying to figure out. Steve McNair was found shot to death inside a condo he rented. 20-year old Sahel Kazemi was found dead near McNair. She had a gunshot to the head. A semi-automatic pistol was found beneath her body.
We came to Nashville after getting a call from our boss Saturday afternoon. We scrambled from Dallas and prepped for a day of liveshots Sunday. It is hard to overstate the importance of McNair to Nashville. He was the Titans first quarterback and led them to their only Superbowl appearance. McNair had opened a restaurant in Nashville and by Saturday night, local stations were reporting that there was a growing memorial there. Radio stations set up sites online for fans to express their thoughts. In general, it has been shock, shock that this respected member of the community could have met such a violent end.
Police at first called Kazemi a friend but today told us that McNair and Kazemi had been dating for a few months, even though the 36-year old McNair was married and had kids. At a press conference today, correspondent Kris Gutierrez asked if McNair’s wife had known about the affair. It is a question the police spokesman handled delicately. He said that McNair’s wife was upset and that it was a question they would be looking at as the investigation continues. They are talking with friends of both McNair and Kazemi to try to piece together what happened.
Police say toxicology and other lab reports will take a few days to complete. They are not going so far as saying this is a murder-suicide, but they gave no indication that it was anything but.
Maggie Kerkman is a field producer in FNC’s Southwest Bureau. Based in
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It is difficult to know for sure what to make of this. If this is some sort of affair gone bad, I feel for the family. This will surely add to their hurt.
Mayors, Governors, Congressmen, Senators, Presidents and many other people are found to do what Steve McNair supposedly did. At least he wasn’t represeting the people of our country, using our money to finance his relationship. He was a football player and one of the best. We loved him in Nashville. He wasn’t perfect, but he was close and after all, he was a “man”. All of them would do it if they thought they wouldn’t get caught.
Keith Norflett and ‘Jett Jackson’
Perhaps more intriguing than Neeley and Gaddy’s involvement in the case are two individuals about whom little is known, ‘Jett Jackson’ and Norfleet, who has told police he is Kazemi’s ex-boyfriend.
On July 2, approximately a day and a half before the murders, a person posting under the name of ‘Jett Jackson’ of Antioch signed into their home page on the social networking Web site MySpace.com.
While that account has been deleted, a message was posted by either Jackson or someone with access to his account that stated, “F*** Steve McNair and he will be nobody in ‘09?” and “R.I.P. Sahel Kazemi.”
The person identified as Jackson is apparently friends with Norfleet, who police have said little regarding his role.
“As far as Mr. Norfleet is concerned, we had to interview him based on his… prior relationship with Ms. Kazemi,” Aaron said Monday. “Obviously he had certain thoughts about her relationship with Steve McNair. We needed to find out what he knew, what she may have told him in the past as we tried to put the pieces together. As far as the word ‘suspect’ is concerned, we really haven’t used the word suspect since the weekend.”
As for the Internet postings, Aaron stated, “the police department is aware of them. We are talking to certain individuals here in this community about them. We are also in contact with some of those Internet companies to ascertain exactly what was posted when, and if we can learn by who. That is not a process