Police confirmed Sunday that former Titans QB Steve McNair became Nashville's 36th homicide of 2009. An autopsy showed McNair was shot four times - twice in the chest and twice in the head. His girlfriend suffered one fatal gunshot wound to the side of the head.
Everything still points to murder suicide it seems, but police are taking their time to make it official. In my years in the newsroom, I've seen this scenario several times. And in many cases murder suicide scenarios are pronounced the same day. Not here. Is it because e case involves a celebrity and local legend, or is there really a possibility this could be a double murder staged to look like a murder suicide? My gut tells me No. 9 was terminally sacked by a 20 year old girl.
And that's really hard conclusion to accept for me and the police. McNair was called "indestructible" Saturday by former teammate Frank Wycheck. It's tragic irony that McNair made a fortune, and a legend, surviving choreographed violence on the field only to be brought down by a girl.
