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Details From McNair Press Conference

POSTED: 1:44 pm CDT July 5, 2009
UPDATED: 10:25 pm CDT July 5, 2009

Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron held a press conference Sunday afternoon to discuss the deaths of former Titans quarterback Steve McNair, 36, and 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi. Below are details from that press conference.

  • Autopsies were performed on both victims. Steve McNair was shot four times: twice in the head and twice in the chest. Sahel Kazemi was shot once in the side of the head. McNair was found seated on a couch in the living room. Kazemi was on the floor, close to McNair.

  • A semiautomatic pistol was recovered from under Kazemi's body. It was not initially visible and was discovered late in investigation of the crime scene.

  • The two died sometime in the early Saturday hours and had been dead for a number of hours before they were discovered.

  • ATF is tracing the ownership of the pistol, and police are working to interview its owner. Aaron said the evidence at the scene is consistent with the gun recovered.

  • Friends said McNair and Kazemi had been dating over the past several months.

  • McNair's death has been ruled a homicide. The Metro Police Department has not yet classified Kazemi's death and expect it will be several days before her death is classified.

  • McNair was seen at Blue Moon Lagoon Bar and also Loser's Bar into the early-morning hours of Saturday.

  • There were no signs of forced entry. A key was used by Wayne Neeley to get into the apartment. McNeeley discovered the bodies. He walked into the kitchen and did not see blood until he walked walked back from the kitchen.

  • Police are checking surveillance cameras in the area. Aaron said he is not aware of any tapes recovered so far.

  • A witness said Kazemi's Cadillac Escalade was already at the condo when McNair arrived. Aaron said Kazemi had an apartment in the Hermitage area.

  • Aaron said the Central Precinct commander called the area in which the condo was located "very peaceful."

  • Friends of both victims are being talked to in an effort to find if the two had had any "squabbles," Aaron said, in an effort to classify the woman's death. Nothing has been ruled out so far as to the cause of Kazemi's death.

  • Police are planning to interview Kazemi's ex-boyfriend.

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