Steve McNair's Girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, Recently Bought Gun Used In Slayings.

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Cops: Kazemi bought gun found at scene of Steve McNair death
By Kate Howard, The Tennessean

NASHVILLE — The gun recovered at the scene of the deaths of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi was purchased by Kazemi recently, Nashville police said.

Kazemi, 20, died Saturday of a single gunshot to the head alongside former Tennessee Titans quarterback McNair, who had two gunshots to the head and two to the chest. The gun was found under Kazemi's body.

"We believe the pistol recovered from the apartment was purchased by Kazemi," police spokesman Don Aaron said.

The Associated Press reported that Kazemi's nephew, Farzin Abdi, said that Nashville police told him they are almost certain that Kazemi was the shooter. Abdi maintainted she had no motive.

"There was no way she was depressed and wanting to do this," Abdi said. "She was so happy. ... She just had it made, you know, (with) this guy taking care of everything."

Police said the possibility of a murder-suicide is still on the table, but there are several other theories of the crime still possible.

Kazemi's ex-boyfriend, Keith Norfleet, was questioned for several hours by police yesterday. Aaron said he is not a suspect, and there are still no suspects being actively pursued.

"He was cooperative during questioning, then he went on his way," Aaron said.

Norfleet told the Tennessean on Saturday that he went to police headquarters on his own Saturday, looking for answers on whether the woman he broke up with five months prior was the one who died alongside McNair. He was not questioned that night, but asked to leave his contact information, Aaron said.

"We know Norfleet was a former boyfriend of Kazemi's, and he obviously had his opinion of the relationship between she and McNair," Aaron said. "He was a person who needed to be interviewed in detail."

Aaron said the testing to see if gunshot residue was present on Kazemi's hands has not yet been completed.

Federal law prohibits anyone under 21 from purchasing a handgun.

Tennessee requires a person to be 21 to have carry permit.


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Girlfriend had hoped to wed McNair
Woman's family was leery of affair with former Titan
By Chris Echegaray and Kate Howard

By all accounts it was a whirlwind romance.

It started about six months ago, when former Titans quarterback Steve McNair exchanged phone numbers with Sahel Kazemi, a then-19-year-old waitress working at Dave & Buster's restaurant at Opry Mills. Saturday, the relationship ended in tragedy, as the couple was found shot to death in a downtown condominium.

Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the events leading up to the deaths, but according to friends of Kazemi, she was smitten and so was McNair.

For her 20th birthday in late May, McNair got her a black Cadillac Escalade. Her family met him over sushi dinner that same weekend. Before that, Kazemi zipped around in his Bentley, telling family and friends about the generosity of her new beau — a former professional athlete.

"We met him because I don't watch football and didn't know who he was," said Farzin Abdi, Kazemi's nephew, who was in town from Jacksonville, Fla. to retrieve the body. "We went out to dinner and she was so happy and was having fun. Were we happy about the relationship? No."

Kazemi's family and friends pieced together a portrait of their relationship — one they were leery of because of her age — as police confirmed on Sunday that McNair was shot four times. Police have stopped just shy of calling it a murder-suicide at the Second Avenue condominium where both of them died.

"It's hard right now to imagine what people are saying," Abdi said. "I can't believe it because she was a sweet girl. This is hard on us."

Marriage anticIpated

There were trips, dinners, a promise of living together and ultimately marriage, according to Abdi, 27.

"I don't know if he had filed for divorce but I thought it wouldn't happen," Abdi said, adding that Kazemi was a child when adopted into the family after her mother died in Iran. Abdi's mother is Kazemi's sister.

McNair took Kazemi, known as Jenny to friends, on trips to Key West in Florida, Las Vegas, California, Hawaii and McNair's farm in Mississippi, with the couple seeing each other often, Abdi said. ...

Editor's comment: Looks like Steve McNair was not REALLY planning on going the marriage route.

NOTHING WORSE than a woman SCORNED.