Here's a link to the story in the Tennessean, which is reporting that an unidentified woman was also found dead at the scene in a downtown condominium.
Gun violence -- and all violence -- are difficult problems in this country and McNair's death, at age 36, is another sad reminder.
It is ominous to recall now that McNair was arrested for illegal gun possession in May of 2003 when a 9-mm handgun was found in his car when he was pulled over for a drunk-driving arrest.
McNair will be best remembered for leading the Titans to their only Super Bowl in 2000 when his final pass of the game wound up coming inches short of a game-winning touchdown against the Rams when Kevin Dyson was tackled at the goal line as time expired.
McNair was also co-MVP of the NFL with Peyton Manning in 2003. And, yes, he was one of the trailblazers among black quarterbacks in pro football, as portrayed well in this Baltimore Sun story after his retirement from the Ravens in 2008.
Mike Freeman of cbssports.com recalls McNair in this column as a first-class guy who always wanted to know how you were doing instead of the other way around.
Less remembered will be the fact he was a good-enough athlete to be selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 35th round of the 1991 draft as a shortstop out of Mt. Olive High School in Mississippi.
RIP, Steve McNair, another who died too young.
