Former NFL Quarterback Steve McNair Killed

Published on: July 5th, 2009 @ 10:25 AM UTC by William Johnson  | 

In this Sept. 30, 2007 file photo, then Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair fires a pass during an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland. (AP Photo)

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, whose most noted drive was the final one of the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Saturday afternoon in a downtown condominium. Police said a woman was also shot dead.

McNair was 36 and played 13 seasons before retiring in April 2008. Police spokesman Don Aaron said officials tentatively identified the woman, but did not release her name. He confirmed she wasn’t McNair’s wife, Mechelle.

In an interview with the Associated Press (AP), He said authorities were still investigating the shootings and that no suspects were in custody..

“I don’t have any answers for you now as to what’s happened, who’s responsible,” Aaron said.

“There are persons who were around the complex today, visitors, who have been taken to headquarters for questioning, just to see what they know, what they may have seen,” he said.

Aaron said officers went to the scene after receiving a call about injured persons inside the condo.

“When police officers arrived in response to that call, they found two individuals who had been shot to death inside the residence,” he said.

According to the AP McNair was known to frequent the condominium but does not know if he is the owner of the residence. In addition, about 50 people crowded just beyond police tape outside the complex in the upscale Rutledge Hill neighborhood, some wearing Titans hats. The condominium is located within walking distance of an area filled with restaurants and nightspots, a few blocks from the Cumberland River and within view of the Titans’ stadium.