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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- If former NFL star Steve McNair's girlfriend was upset about being arrested for drunken driving two days before she killed him and herself, she didn't let it show.

McNair was a passenger in Sahel Kazemi's car when Nashville police arrested her a week ago. Police released video of that DUI stop Wednesday, the same day they confirmed that Kazemi, 20, had killed McNair and then herself in a condo McNair rented.

In the video, recorded by patrol car cameras, Kazemi laughed and teased the officer, but also repeatedly asked to have McNair come to the window of the police cruiser where she was sitting.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Sahel Kazemi was determined to be with her boyfriend, former NFL star Steve McNair -- even in death.

As he dozed on a sofa early Saturday, Kazemi shot him in the head, then twice in the chest, then again in the head.

Before shooting herself, the 20-year-old sat next to his body and "tried to stage it so she would fall in his lap," Police Chief Ronal Serpas said Wednesday at a press conference where police confirmed the deaths were a murder-suicide. She did, but her body slid to the floor and ended up at McNair's feet. The gun was found underneath her.

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Update (July 8, 4:30 ET): Police confirmed during a press conference in Nashville that Kazemi shot and killed McNair before turning the gun on herself.

Preliminary testing on the bodies of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi seem to corroborate the theory of a murder-suicide incident, state medical examiner Feng Li told The Tennesseean.

"The results were very consistent in supporting our decision," said Li, who performed the dual autopsies for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Li declined to confirm a murder-suicide, however, with results of ballistics tests on the gun and toxicology reports still pending.

On Sunday, approximately 24 hours after McNair and Kazemi were found dead, police declared McNair's death a homicide. One day later, Nashville police confirmed that the gun found on the scene had been purchased by Kazemi less than two days before the incident.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee's state medical examiner said Tuesday that investigators have been hesitant to conclude that Steve McNair's girlfriend killed the NFL star and herself because she didn't appear to have a motive, but that murder-suicide is the most likely scenario.

After the couple was discovered shot to death on Saturday, police were quick to label McNair's death a homicide. He had been shot twice in the head and twice in the chest, while 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi was dead from a single gunshot to the head. Under her body was a gun she had purchased less than two days before the killings.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) -- Police say the gun found at the scene where former NFL star Steve McNair died was bought by his girlfriend less than two days before the two were shot to death.

Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Monday that 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi bought the semiautomatic handgun Thursday evening from a person he didn't name.

An autopsy showed that McNair and Kazemi died early Saturday. He was shot four times and his death has been ruled a homicide. She was shot once and Aaron said police are still waiting for ballistic and gunpowder residue tests before deciding if she was slain or committed suicide.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Steve McNair's 20-year-old girlfriend bought a gun a couple of days before she was found dead alongside the slain former NFL quarterback, her relative said Monday.

Farzin Abdi said police told him about the gun purchase by his aunt Sahel Kazemi, who was raised with him like a sister. Kazemi and McNair were found dead on Saturday in a Nashville condominium leased by the former Titans star.

Abdi said police told him they are almost sure Kazemi was the shooter, but the 27-year-old nephew said he doesn't believe she would do it. Abdi didn't know what day of the week the gun was purchased or what type of gun it was.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday. But authorities wouldn't say it was a murder-suicide -- even with his 20-year-old girlfriend dead at his feet from a single bullet.

McNair had been dating Sahel Kazemi for several months, and Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Sunday that a semiautomatic pistol was found under her body. She was shot in the head.

McNair, who was married with four sons, had a permit to carry a handgun in Tennessee, and he was arrested once before with a 9mm weapon although charges in the case were dropped. Police said they had not yet determined who owned the gun found at the scene.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair raised questions Sunday about his relationship with the 20-year-old woman whose body was found alongside him in his downtown condominium.

McNair, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who was married with four children, was found Saturday with multiple gunshot wounds on a sofa in his living room. The woman was killed by a single gunshot wound and a pistol was discovered near her, police said.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police worked Sunday to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his friend, a 20-year-old woman who was found shot to death alongside him in his downtown condominium.

McNair, who led the famous Tennessee Titans' drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead on a sofa in the living room Saturday with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head. His friend, Sahel Kazemi, was very close to him on the floor, killed by a single gunshot. A pistol was discovered near her, but police said it took a while to find the firearm.

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Update (July 8): Nashville police concluded that Sahel Kazemi shot and killed Steve McNair, then turned the gun on herself in a murder-suicide.

Sahel Kazemi has been identified as the woman found dead on Saturday alongside former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. The 20-year-old Kazemi was called a "friend" of McNair's by Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron.

She had suffered a single gunshot wound to the head. Her body was discovered on the floor of a downtown Nashville condominium, just feet from McNair, who was found seated on a couch within the same residence.

Details surrounding the deaths remain murky, but police did release several new pieces of information as the day went on.

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