McNair's Escalade involved in DUI arrest this week
By KATE HOWARD • The Tennessean • July 4, 2009
A car registered to Steve McNair and a 20-year-old woman was stopped two days ago on Broadway.
The driver and co-owner, Sahel Kazemi, was charged with driving under the influence and refusing to take a breath test. The car was a 2007 black Cadillac Escalade.
Earlier today, a black Escalade was towed from the condominium complex on Second Avenue where McNair and a female who has not yet been identified by police were found dead this afternoon.
It is not clear whether this is the same vehicle involved in the DUI arrest.
Steve McNair is married to Mechelle McNair, who police have confirmed is not the victim.
By KATE HOWARD • The Tennessean • July 4, 2009
A car registered to Steve McNair and a 20-year-old woman was stopped two days ago on Broadway.
The driver and co-owner, Sahel Kazemi, was charged with driving under the influence and refusing to take a breath test. The car was a 2007 black Cadillac Escalade.
Earlier today, a black Escalade was towed from the condominium complex on Second Avenue where McNair and a female who has not yet been identified by police were found dead this afternoon.
It is not clear whether this is the same vehicle involved in the DUI arrest.
Steve McNair is married to Mechelle McNair, who police have confirmed is not the victim.
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I live in Nashville and have seen McNair around town a few times.
He's had two DUI's. One was thrown out after the officer showed the video tape to his buddies. Just this past week a woman was popped for a DUI in a car that was registered to him.
I worked with a guy who went to Alcorn State. McNair invited him to go fishing and my coworker told me he's never go fishing with him again because he spent four hours babysitting McNair making sure he didn't fall out of the boat due to how drunk he was.
I work with a girl who told me just a few days ago that she was friends with a girl that McNair met in a bar. He talked to her for a little while and offered to pay for her to get a boob job.
Now saying all that I did see him several times interacting with children and he went out of his way to talk to them and sign autographs. He did a lot of good things in the community but something about this situation stinks. He was married and had two or three kids. One of the kids was a 17 year old son that was getting some press in the local papers. He has been practicing with Brett Favre in Mississipp and been offered scholarships by Mississippi State, Southern Miss, West Virginia and a few others.
He's had two DUI's. One was thrown out after the officer showed the video tape to his buddies. Just this past week a woman was popped for a DUI in a car that was registered to him.
I worked with a guy who went to Alcorn State. McNair invited him to go fishing and my coworker told me he's never go fishing with him again because he spent four hours babysitting McNair making sure he didn't fall out of the boat due to how drunk he was.
I work with a girl who told me just a few days ago that she was friends with a girl that McNair met in a bar. He talked to her for a little while and offered to pay for her to get a boob job.
Now saying all that I did see him several times interacting with children and he went out of his way to talk to them and sign autographs. He did a lot of good things in the community but something about this situation stinks. He was married and had two or three kids. One of the kids was a 17 year old son that was getting some press in the local papers. He has been practicing with Brett Favre in Mississipp and been offered scholarships by Mississippi State, Southern Miss, West Virginia and a few others.
Kazemi myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/462072170
Kazemi facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sahel-Kazemi/781567397
http://www.myspace.com/462072170
Kazemi facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sahel-Kazemi/781567397
[FONT=arial, helvetica][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]UPDATED 10 p.m.: Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi killed[/FONT]
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STAFF REPORTS [/FONT] [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica]Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed in an apparent murder-suicide with a young woman he met at a local restaurant and have been dating for at least a few months.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica]McNair, the hometown hero who did extensive charity work in Nashville, died of several gunshots and was found on the sofa, police said. Sahel Kazemi, 20, was found alongside him in a Second Avenue condo he rented. She had a single gunshot wound to her head; a pistol was found near her body.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica]Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said they were leaning toward certain scenarios based on the evidence, but they hadn’t ruled anything out. Still, they were not actively looking for suspects Saturday night.
“The medical examiner will be conducting autopsies (Sunday),” Aaron said. “We expect to make additional conclusions after the autopsy process.”
Though much of the attention was on the Second Avenue crime scene, police also swarmed at the Cherry Creek apartment complex in Hermitage. They were questioning neighbors who said they often saw McNair visiting Kazemi. Sometimes, neighbors said, she would arrive home in a limousine in the early morning hours. She showed up with a new black car she said was a gift from her boyfriend.
She was arrested in that car, a black Cadillac Escalade registered to she and McNair, just two days before the deaths. She was charged with driving under the influence and refusing to take a breath test.
Keith Norfleet, Kazemi’s boyfriend for four years before they broke up five months ago, said he came to pick up the car for Kazemi.
Norfleet said McNair was in the car with her when the stop occurred, a fact that was not in the police affadavit but was confirmed by police Saturday night. McNair later bailed Kazemi out, according to bail bondsmen.
Norfleet said she told him she was seeing McNair, who she met while working as a waitress at Dave & Busters. He was worried about her dating a married man and hopeful they’d get back together. They had been living together for four years, since they moved from her family’s home in Jacksonville, Fla., to Nashville.
“She is the sweetest girl, and she did not deserve this,” Norfleet said upon learning of her death. “He was making her believe they were going to be together, and everything would be perfect.”
Though they were broken up, Norfleet said they’d been speaking a lot recently and she planned to break it off with McNair. He said she banged on her door early Saturday morning, but he didn’t get there fast enough.
“She was a very strong, independent girl. A hard worker,” Norfleet said. “I mean, she had a huge heart. She was very caring, very loving.”[/FONT]
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STAFF REPORTS [/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica][SIZE=+2]UPDATED: 10 P.M.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica]Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed in an apparent murder-suicide with a young woman he met at a local restaurant and have been dating for at least a few months.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica]McNair, the hometown hero who did extensive charity work in Nashville, died of several gunshots and was found on the sofa, police said. Sahel Kazemi, 20, was found alongside him in a Second Avenue condo he rented. She had a single gunshot wound to her head; a pistol was found near her body.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica]Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said they were leaning toward certain scenarios based on the evidence, but they hadn’t ruled anything out. Still, they were not actively looking for suspects Saturday night.
“The medical examiner will be conducting autopsies (Sunday),” Aaron said. “We expect to make additional conclusions after the autopsy process.”
Though much of the attention was on the Second Avenue crime scene, police also swarmed at the Cherry Creek apartment complex in Hermitage. They were questioning neighbors who said they often saw McNair visiting Kazemi. Sometimes, neighbors said, she would arrive home in a limousine in the early morning hours. She showed up with a new black car she said was a gift from her boyfriend.
She was arrested in that car, a black Cadillac Escalade registered to she and McNair, just two days before the deaths. She was charged with driving under the influence and refusing to take a breath test.
Keith Norfleet, Kazemi’s boyfriend for four years before they broke up five months ago, said he came to pick up the car for Kazemi.
Norfleet said McNair was in the car with her when the stop occurred, a fact that was not in the police affadavit but was confirmed by police Saturday night. McNair later bailed Kazemi out, according to bail bondsmen.
Norfleet said she told him she was seeing McNair, who she met while working as a waitress at Dave & Busters. He was worried about her dating a married man and hopeful they’d get back together. They had been living together for four years, since they moved from her family’s home in Jacksonville, Fla., to Nashville.
“She is the sweetest girl, and she did not deserve this,” Norfleet said upon learning of her death. “He was making her believe they were going to be together, and everything would be perfect.”
Though they were broken up, Norfleet said they’d been speaking a lot recently and she planned to break it off with McNair. He said she banged on her door early Saturday morning, but he didn’t get there fast enough.
“She was a very strong, independent girl. A hard worker,” Norfleet said. “I mean, she had a huge heart. She was very caring, very loving.”[/FONT]
Steve McNair's apartment, center, where he was found dead earlier in the day is shown Saturday, July 4, 2009. Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron confirmed that police were called to the residence and found McNair and a woman shot to death inside. Aaron said authorities don't yet know the circumstances of the shooting.
(AP Photo/Josh Anderson)
He lived here ?
I think he rented that condo for her. If she was talking about breaking it off with McNair why would she be so distraught to kill him. He was killed on the sofa so apparently he wasn't trying to attack her if she said it was over. If he said it was over, he wasn't walking out the door when she shot him. McNair's wife knew what was going on because Sahel was with him the other day when she was busted for DUI. She shot him multiple times. How many 20 year old women do you know that would have the courage or cowardice to shoot themselves. You almost never hear about a woman committing suicide with a gun. McNair had just opened a restaurant/club just two weeks ago.
