MCNAIR DEATH RULED MURDER-SUICIDE: Mistress likely shot him as he napped; told friends her life was 'all messed up.'

       "Steve McNair was murdered by Sahel Kazemi," chief Ronal Serpas told reporters, adding McNair was likely asleep when he died while seated on the sofa.       

       After four shots into McNair, Kazemi, 20, positioned herself on the sofa next to him and shot herself in the side of the head, according to Serpas. He said there was no gunshot residue evidence on McNair's hands and there were no signs of a struggle.      

       "We believe it was likely Kazemi shot Mr. McNair and he didn't know," Serpas said.      

Sahel Kazemi

       The chief described Kazemi as "distraught" in the final days of her life. She told friends her life was "all messed up" and she was "going to end it all" before the incident.      

       Kazemi was also stressed about having two car payments, a roommate who was moving out and recent suspicions that McNair, who had a wife, was seeing someone else.

     *In other Steve McNair news, according to the Hattiesburg American.com website, a public viewing of the former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens QB will be held on Friday:

     Prior to Saturday’s 11 a.m. memorial for Steve McNair at Reed Green Coliseum, there will be a public viewing held from 7-9 p.m. on Friday at Reeves Funeral Home in Mount Olive (Mississippi).

     There will be no cameras or video allowed inside during the open-casket viewing at the funeral home, which is located at 1167 Rock Hill Road in Mount Olive.

     Saturday’s event, which will be a closed-casket ceremony, will also be open for the public to attend.

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