Titans open stadium for McNair tribute

NASHVILLE - Fans wanting to pay their respects to Steve McNair will be able to at the stadium where he created so many memories.

The Tennessee Titans are opening LP Field today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fans can leave personal messages in a book that will be given to the McNair family, video boards will show McNair highlights, and a photo mural of his career with the Titans will be on display.

The ticket office also will be accepting donations to the Steve McNair Foundation.

McNair was found shot to death Saturday. A memorial service is being held tomorrow night in Nashville, and there will be a funeral service Saturday at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg with a private burial in his hometown of Mt. Olive, Miss.

In the police investigation, Tennessee's state medical examiner said yesterday that investigators have been hesitant to conclude that 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.

Investigators were waiting on ballistics tests on the weapon found with the bodies before issuing a ruling on Sahel Kazemi's death, which medical examiner Bruce Levy said could come in the next few days.

"If we had known about the gun I think we would have been very comfortable in ruling murder-suicide," he said. "I'll be very surprised now if they rule it isn't."

Levy said an apparent lack of motive by Kazemi has made investigators careful about exploring every possibility, including the unlikely scenario that a third party was involved.

Police spokesman Don Aaron said the case may not be as neatly resolved as people would like.

"It may be we'll never know exactly why this happened," he said. *