Three of the four gunshot wounds that killed Steve McNair were fired from more than three feet away, according to autopsy results.
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One of the gunshots to McNair's temple was fired at close range, said Bruce Levy, state medical examiner.
Kazemi’s own gunshot wound was a contact shot, meaning the gun was touching her head when it was fired.
The medical examiner's office will be using all the information from the investigation to determine whether Kazemi’s death was homicide or suicide, Levy said, because it usually takes much more than a wound to classify a death as a suicide.
In this case, there is no note, and no living witness.
“All the autopsy tells us is that her wound is potentially self inflicted,” Levy said. “In these cases, the cause of death is obvious. The manner of death a little trickier. We like to have as many factors as possible before we make a determination.”
Levy said while the case is certainly consistent with a murder-suicide scenario, there are several things that are atypical: men are usually the perpetrator, and there is typically a history of domestic violence in the relationship or mental issues in the shooter. So far, neither factor is present, Levy said.