Untold

As soon as I pull up,

I walked in.

Of course, I get my pistol, 'cause I don't know what's really goin' on.

I take one foot inside and I see somebody

with his head cocked down.

I see two

bloodstains.

I see blood on his temple.

I see blood on his Air Force 1s.

And I'm like, "Oh my God."

I was in shock to see that. I mean, I could see the bullet holes.

I mean, I didn't even take time to just scope the scene.

It was just what I saw at a glance.

I got a phone call from my captain.

He said, "Hey, we got a murder investigation."

Then, when I first come into the scene, there was a person on the sofa.

His body was sort of, like, to the side.

I could see a female on the floor.

And if you looked at her a little closer, you noticed there was a gun on the floor.

Downtown Nashville, there are a number of police

investigating a shooting.

A man had been shot in the head.

A lot of traffic going in and out of the complex.

A lot of forensics officials going in and out.

We got here around two o'clock. It was a very active scene.

We're hearing conflicting reports, even from police sources.

We're hearing different things, pieces of information

that it's very difficult to get confirmed at this time.

We were one of the first crews at the scene.

It seemed unusual for the scene to be growing as it was.

And soon we saw top police,

spokespeople, officials showing up,

bigger names in the department.

My photographer, he starts telling me,

"I'm getting some messages that this might be Steve McNair."

I mean, I was shocked.

"What? Steve McNair?"

I'm sorry, y'all.

I grabbed my cell phone. I said, "Is what true?"

"What are you talking about? I've been out of service."

"Steve was murdered."

Wanna make sure you're aware of a breaking news story out of Tennessee.

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair has been found dead.

It reached almost like a frenzy outside,

because everybody is now getting this information that this is Steve McNair.

We're following breaking news tonight.

A developing story.

A guy who came from a small town in Mississippi

and basically lived the American dream.

They called him "Air" McNair. Great arm.

Former NFL MVP.

That is the condominium where the bodies were found.

The place was nondescript.

What would Steve McNair be doing here?

He had three children. He was still married to his wife.

They'd been married 12 years.

Steve McNair was a rare breed.

A trendsetter over today's current signal-caller.

I don't have any answers for you now as to what's happened, who's responsible,

what the circumstances are.

No one is in custody right now.

That's all I have to say for right now. Thank you.

So, you heard of the '85 Bears.

- -

- - I was a punt returner.

Buddy Ryan, the defensive coordinator.

I'm hurt. I know the defense.

Buddy went to bat for me.

So I traveled with the team

and helped to make adjustments on the sideline.

We are in New Orleans.

'85 Super Bowl is what it is.

And Buddy says, "I think I'm gonna take the Philadelphia Eagles job as head coach,

and I want you to come put the defense in for me."

That's how I got into coaching.

My journey in Philly lasted five years.

And then I went to work for the 49er organization to be a DB coach.

I left the top place,

and I went to Houston, and it was...

it was a...

it was a mess, let me just say that.

...defense coordinator Buddy Ryan throws a punch...

We had fights in the locker room. We had a lot of problems. And then...

They may be one and nine,

but this is the beginning tonight of a brand-new regime.

Jeff Fisher is the new head coach. He is 36 years old.

And now I'm the head coach, and so you're gonna make changes.

I was most excited about having the number three pick,

and one thing for certain was we needed a franchise quarterback.

Steve "Air" McNair's achievements

are worthy of Heisman Trophy consideration,

but he plays in relative obscurity

at Alcorn State.

Is my "A" showing good? I wanna make sure I give my... my alma mater love now.

Going to a HBCU, to come out of the locker room

and to see 50,000 Black people in the stands,

everybody just havin' a good time,

that's somethin' beautiful to behold, as a Black man.

Steve loved that atmosphere,

and he was "must watch."

McNair back to pass.

And he takes off. He's dangerous! Look at him with that play.

He's at the 35, 40. McNair at midfield.

Still on his feet! I thought he was doing an out of bounds play.

But McNair is on about the 15-yard line ...

I personally would see... You know, I was blocking for him,

so I didn't see it during the game, during real time...

His job, protect McNair at all costs.

There was gonna be two or three plays a game

that he just did somethin' remarkable.

Under pressure, gets away from it again!

- But the ... Oh, McNair's there! -

I mean, I would see the man throw it 70 yards off his back foot.

McNair drops back, looking, looking.

Throws across the middle.

It's a touchdown! It's a touchdown!

It's hard to get Alcorn footage.

We had to go there to watch in person.

Steve would take the shotgun snap and take a look around and then go run.

We were objective.

We did our research.

People liked him.

He smiled, was quiet.

He didn't really like the cameras and interviews and things like that.

But there was no question in our mind.

He had the capability

to excel at this level.

- What's up, fellas? Your names? - What's up? KB, Kyle Brady.

KC, Kevin Carter.

Steve McNair.

The people had a pretty good idea who we were taking.

How you think you'll feel when you step out on the stage?

Well, I hope I feel better than I am right now.

With the third choice in the first round,

the Houston Oilers select quarterback from Alcorn State,

Steve McNair.

- - All right!

We're just gettin' started.

It was all about timing.

With the exception of the ending, it couldn't have worked out any better.

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair is dead.

McNair's body was found in Nashville, Tennessee,

where police are investigating a crime scene.

It's a homicide investigation.

We had two bodies.

There were people of interest that we wanted to talk to

for... uh, for Steve's murder.

Did you take away a man in a police car?

There are persons who were around the complex today,

visitors, uh... who have been taken to headquarters for questioning.

The friend of McNair's discovered those bodies this afternoon.

He then called another friend of McNair's who then called police,

and that's how this investigation started.

Wayne Neely is the person who walked in on the 4th of July

and discovered the scene.

Wayne had actually left the scene before we got there.

He saw Steve's SUV there,

decided to stop and go in and try to talk to Steve.

I asked the detective that was at the scene,

could they go and interview Wayne about exactly what happened

'cause at this time, we don't know what we got.

All we know, we got two dead people, and they both been shot.

- Do you need a drink of water or anything? - Mm-mm.

Okay.

I guess maybe we should just start with maybe a history of the apartment itself.

Steve...

Um, Steve wanted a place for...

Uh, we'll call it chillin', okay?

I... I put him on it.

He was there. Been there for a while.

- So did you have a key to the apartment? - Absolutely.

When you opened the door, tell me what you saw.

Saw him layin' on the couch. Thought he was asleep, I swear.

- You saw two people layin' on the couch... - No, no, no.

One was on the couch. One was on the floor.

Who did you think was Steve when you went in the door?

I didn't think it was Steve.

Wouldn't you expect that to be him since it's his place?

- No. I mean I just... - Where did you go?

- To the 'frigerator. Had a beer. - Okay.

Comin' back out, I saw a shell casing.

- And that's when I went, "Fuck." - There's a gun in your car?

There is a gun in my car, and I don't have a permit.

It's a .32. It's over the visor.

I know a lot of police officers, and I don't know how it works, but...

You don't have to pay us.

You're worth at least 20.

We interviewed Gaddy.

Played football at Alcorn with Steve,

and was a business partner with Steve.

Would you mind hoppin' over in that chair over there for me? Please?

Now tell me what your actual name is.

Robert Gaddy.

Wayne Neely calls Robert Gaddy instead of calling 911.

What happened today?

Start from what you know. Tell me what happened.

I was actually on the phone when Wayne called me,

and he was like,