Feds Nab Man Who Sold Gun to McNair Killer

As CBS questions investigation, police paint Sahel Kazemi as unstable

(NEWSER) - Nashville police released 50 text messages between Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi, the woman they believe killed him before killing herself, last night—on the heels of a CBS Early Show report claiming the investigation was flawed, the AP reports. The text messages show McNair transferred $2,000 into Kazemi's account after she asked for it to pay cell phone bills, hours before the deaths—and also paint a picture of Kazemi's increasing stress in those hours. More»

Shooter had some marijuana in her system

(NEWSER) - Steve McNair was legally drunk the day he was killed by his 20-year-old lover, the Tennessean reports. The former NFL quarterback had a blood-alcohol content of 0.16, the state medical examiner said today—twice the amount at which it is illegal to drive. Sahel Kazemi had a small amount of marijuana in her system, but no alcohol. More»

(NEWSER) - Steve McNair's Mississippi home town boasts only 1,000 residents, but more than 2,500 came to mourn him there yesterday. The murdered NFL star's body was brought home after a memorial service Thursday in Nashville; fans came from all over the country to pay their respects, standing in line for hours in 95-degree heat, the Clarion Ledger reports. McNair will be laid to rest today after a funeral in Hattiesburg, where a capacity crowd is expected. More»

(NEWSER) - Former NFL star Steve McNair apparently ditched his lover during a DUI bust just two days before she killed him in a murder-suicide, according to a police video. On the video, McNair's girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, fails a field sobriety test in Nashville, and McNair takes off in a cab. "He's not happy," the cop tells Kazemi. "I told him you wanted to talk to him. He just left in a taxi." More»

(NEWSER) - Steve McNair's girlfriend shot and killed him while he slept on the couch before turning the gun on herself, the Tennessean reports. Sahel Kazemi, 20, believed McNair was seeing yet another woman and was worried about paying her rent and car loans, say police. “We do believe there was evidence that she was spinning out of control,” said Nashville's police chief. More»