Police: Girlfriend Shot Sleeping Mcnair (ap)

Bishop Joseph W. Walker III of Mount Zion Baptist Church talks Wednesday, July 8, 2009, about the memorial service that will be held for Steve McNair(notes) in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday. McNair, a former NFL quarterback with the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, and Baltimore Ravens, was found dead of gunshot wounds along with a 20-year-old woman in a downtown Nashville condominium on July 4, according to police.

Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else, police said Wednesday. Sahel Kazemi "was spinning out of control" when she shot McNair four times as he dozed on a sofa early Saturday, then turned the gun on herself, Police Chief Ronal Serpas said.

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