Armen Keteyian’s investigation into the death of former Titans quarterback Steve McNair has ignited renewed skepticism surrounding the apparent murder/suicide. While revelations about the alleged shooter and her relationship with the young man who provided her with the murder weapon may be old news to the police tasked with investigating the crime, it has opened the door for outside observers to don their sleuthing hats. One such amateur crime solver has taken to Twitter to air his suspicions. Good suspicions. Lofty suspicions.

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Titans Fan: It still doesn’t seem real. Even now, a few days after the fact. I just can’t fathom that the greatest player in Titans history is gone forever. It’s not fair. He was someone who gave so much to our team and to our town. For him to be murdered in cold blood, to be taken away from us without warning, is something we’ll never get over. I’ve had a few friends ask me what Steve McNair meant to Nashville. And I tell them, think of what Brett Favre means to Green Bay. Think of what Ted Williams means to Boston. Think about what Mario Lemieux means to Pittsburgh. Even then, I’m not sure you really get a sense of just how strong the bond was between McNair and us. He gave us everything he had, and I only hope that we did the same in return for him.

(knock on door)

Hmm. That’s odd. I wasn’t expecting any visitors…

(door flies open)

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As Nashville police try and sort through the sad details of Steve McNair’s murder, various media outlets have stumbled over themselves to get ahead of the story, thus resulting in a rare perfect storm of retarded speculation and braindead theories about the circumstances surrounding the star QB’s demise. Well folks, no one covers a major event as poorly as we at KSK do. If you’re going to read speculation about McNair that is clearly false, you deserve only the DUMBEST of theories and predictions. Here now, is some of our very finest non-detective work on the matter.

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Okay, here’s the requisite Steve McNair update, as if you haven’t already gotten the details 800 times while watching SportsCenter on loop.

The woman found dead with McNair was Sahel Kazemi, a 20-year-old waitress who had been arrested for DUI (with McNair in the car) two days earlier.  McNair’s body was riddled with bullets; she suffered a single gunshot to the head, and police found a pistol nearby.  Police are not looking for any suspects, and conventional wisdom suggests it was murder-suicide.  The two are pictured here in a photo that TMZ claims was taken about three months ago.

None of this is cheerful news, of course, but it’s not like there were going to be new details that would make anyone less dead.  Our best wishes go to the McNairs, the Titans organization, and the NFL family — except Roger Goodell.  That guy’s a dick.

MORE:

SI: Standard news story
Tennessean: Full report with an interview of Kazemi’s ex-boyfriend
TMZ: Photos of McNair and Kazemi

Holy crap: Steve McNair was found dead in Nashville, shot in the head and one of the victims of an apparent double homicide.  We say “apparent,” but let’s be honest: this is a widespread conspiracy that shall henceforth be known as the Summer of Celebrity Death.

McNair was drafted third overall by the then-Houston Oilers out of Alcorn State and guided the Titans to their first and only Super Bowl appearance.  He was a four-time Pro Bowler, the NFL co-MVP in 2003, one of the toughest quarterbacks in memory, and — perhaps most impressively — the first Ravens quarterback to not totally suck.

Rest in peace, Air McNair.  Had you not already retired, we’re sure you could play through this one, too.