The former Titans star was found shot to death at an apartment complex on Second Avenue South at Lea Avenue, in downtown Nashville.

A second person was also found dead.

That person’s identity was not immediately known.

Investigators are on the scene Saturday afternoon.

No further details were released.

McNair played 13 seasons in the NFL before retiring in April 2008.

He played college football at Alcorn State and was drafted by the Houston Oilers, third overall, in the 1995 NFL Draft.

McNair played 11 seasons with the Titans franchise, leading the team to the Super Bowl in 1999.

He played his final two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens.

McNair was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and was the co-MVP of the league in 2003, sharing the award with Peyton Manning.

He was 36 years old.

Tonight Nashville is going to have some Twilight influence. Singer-songwriter Sam Bradley (Never Think) will be performing at Nashville club 3rd & Lindsley.

Who is this Sam Bradley? Well, for all those Twilight fanatics out there, Sam’s song “Never Think” was featured on the Twilight soundtrack. The song was co-written and performed also by Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson.

Why perform in Nashville? Well, Sam finds Nashville an influence.

“As well as being a performer, writing is an avenue I wish to explore further, especially co-writing for other people and myself…Nashville is the place to do that,” says Sam.

You can catch Sam performing at 3rd & Lindsley tonight at 7p.m. Tickets are $15.

To catch more of Sam, he will be on tour with Thriving Ivory, and at the end of the month, he will be at  TwiCon, a three day Twilight convention in Dallas, Tx.

What better way to celebrate the 4th of July here in Nashville with country stars such as Wynonna!!

That’s right! Wynonna will be in Nashville on the 4th to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the “Music City July 4th: Let Freedom Sing.”

Wynonna will be signing autographs at the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum from 2 to 4 p.m. followed by her performing at 8 p.m. down by riverfront with the Nashville Symphony.

Other performers include The Gabe Dixon Band and Barry Scott.

“Music City July 4th” is a free event open to the public. For more information about other events, check out Music City July 4th.

But organizers of Nashville’s riverfront Fourth of July bash told me repeatedly today that the event is rain or shine. Only severe storms could wash out Music City’s biggest annual event.

“It has to be pretty bad for us not to be able to shoot fireworks,” said Deana Ivey of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau, which throws the bash.

If it’s raining, the show will go on. If it’s raining hard and/or storming, they might consider canceling the music, but continuing with the fireworks.

If’s it’s a bad, bad storm — like even Noah is hiding — they will postpone the fireworks for 30 minutes and then make the call.

Of course, the storms could miss us all together. We should know better tomorrow.

Here’s the sked:

6:45 p.m.: Former Mayor Richard Fulton will be on hand for a brief presentation to mark the 25th anniversary of the riverfront Fourth of July bash.

7 p.m.: Fisk Jubilee Singers do the anthem, and then, Nashville pop-rocker Gabe Dixon takes the big stage.

8 p.m.: Headliner Wynonna performs.

9 p.m.: The fireworks.

The Chris Isaak tour comes to Nashville! You might know him from his hit songs, Somebody’s Cryin’ and Wicked Game. 

Chris’ tour supports his newest album, Mr. Lucky. This is his first studio album in seven years.

He plays at the Ryman Auditorium July 22, at 7:30 p.m. The opening act: The Wrights.

Tickets are on sale now.

You can get your tickets at Ticketmaster.com or Ryman.com

Josh Turner and his wife, Jennifer, announces the birth of their son, Colby Lynch Turner.

This is their second son. Their first child, Hampton, is 2. 

According to the MCA press release, Turner had just finished his fourth album last Thursday around 6 p.m. before his wife went into labor later that night.

“My producer, Frank Rogers, jokingly told Jennifer that she needed to wait until we finished my record before she had the baby,” Josh said in the statement.

Guess Jennifer is a good listener.

Did you know, for instance, that Jackson got an honorary degree from Fisk University’s then president, Dr. Henry Ponder (pictured here), an a star-studded United Negro College Fund dinner in New York?

Among those in attendance: Whitney Houston, who sang, Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Yoko Ono, and Christy Brinkley.

It was believed to be the only honorary degree that Jackson had received to that point.

Then-President Ronald Reagan send a videotaped message that said, among other things, “Let me be the first to call you the new Dr. J.”

Kassidy became legally bound to longtime boyfriend Derek Williamson at the LDS Temple in San Diego.

“For being one of the most important days of my life, it couldn’t have been more perfect and beautiful!” Kassidy said in the statement.

You may recal that Kassidy once dated Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney for two years, ending in 2003.

Meantime, the group SheDaisy is putting together a fifth album for Lyric Street Records, home to, among others, Rascal Flatts.

The kids just SCREAMED when she walked in, and each camper hugged LeAnn and posed for a pic and got an autograph. Very nice.

Photos by News 2 intern Justine Paul. Thanks, Justine!

Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum is a married man everyone! Charles tied the knot to Nashville publicist Cassie McConnell sometime last week here in Music City.

According to The Boot, Lady A’s publicist released a statement saying it was a “legal formality” between the two and that “the couple will have a larger destination wedding ceremony in a few weeks.”

You can catch Charles and the rest of Lady Antebellum touring all over the country with Kenny Chesney for the Sun City Carnival Tour.

And big ups to Lady A for being the only country act on the upcoming Now 31 compilation disc, out tomorrow.

They’ll be on there with Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Britney Spears, TI and others.

Hey everyone! Intern Justine here.

As we all know, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, passed away on June 25.

As the world mourns and remembers Michael, one Nashvillian shares her memories of when Michael and his brothers were in Nashville in 1981.

Lisa Byrd, now a Nashville realtor, recalls the memories of when the Jacksons’ came to Music City to mix music at the Quad Recording Studio on Music Row. She even had a picture of the brothers playing pool at the Quad, where she ran things then.

When asked about Michael, Lisa said that he was very nice — and that he did his own thing.

“Michael though spend two days in my office the whole time and on the phone with Brooke Shields, giggling and carrying on. They were big friends then,” says Lisa.

Another memory she remembers was Michael’s reaction to MTV, which was only three weeks old at the time.

“Michael stood up and said ‘we would never be involved with something this commercial,’ then probably two or three months after this visit, they were all over it,” says Lisa.

Not only were the Jacksons  here to mix tracks, but to perform their last Nashville concert at the Municipal Auditorium.

Jason Michael Carroll (Livin’ Our Love Song) is doing a free show at the new Harley-Davidson of Columbia.

The owners of that dealership are building an amphitheater out that way, so I think they might be trying to get folks in the habit of heading to Columbia, Tenn., for music.

Opening for Jason: the beautiful sisters of Carter’s Chord and singer Jeff Allen.

The show is 2-6 p.m. July 12.

It was Kenny Rogers, who met Michael at the 1985 star-studded We Are the World project that helped battle hunger in Africa. Kenny decided shortly afterward to do a photo book, Your Friends and Mine, and Michael and Bubbles, well, that was Kenny’s first pic for the project.

“Bubbles was so human it was almost frightening,” Kenny marveled.

More recently, Jackson’s publishing company bought a Sony/ATV country collection of some 55,000 titles, including Tennessee Waltz and Your Cheatin’ Heart, back in 2002.

And just last year, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said Michael Jackson showed up at her Halloween party. But most folks thought it was just some dude in a really good Michael Jackson costume.

My (mediocre) research shows Jackson never played here in Nashville, and several folks told me he may have never set foot in Music City. But Jackson and his brothers did play three nights in 1984 in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

I STAND CORRECTED:

Indeed I found out later last night that the Jacksons played several shows at Municipal Auditorium in the 1970s, as are documented in the comments below. We also had a phone interview on News 2 This Morning with Oak Ridge Boys’ William Lee Golden, who went to the last show in 1979. I’ll have that up soon.

And Reese was the original Elle Woods in the Legally Blonde movie, n’est-ce pas?

But that’s yesterday’s news. What’s she up to now?

People magazine has a picture of her with her beau, actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

That was taken on the set of her movie, How Do You Know, late Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.

The company, 821 Entertainment, is a partner in optioning the book, The Testament, and its principals will get exec producer credits for the movie.

This is big doings for the company, which to this point, has mostly placed music in movies.

The folks at 821 Entertainment — which include one-time Nashville Star judge Anastasia Brown, pictured here — hope this is the start of making them a big-time Hollywood player.

821 Entertainment is now involved with 16 films in the next five years, and those include the relaunch of the Roy Rogers franchise and a Nicolas Cage/50 Cent movie called The Dance.

So far, no plans to shoot anything in Nashville, but that could change soon. 821 Entertainment wants to build a multi-million-dollar movie studio at Nashville fairgrounds.

Guess who will be making his mark in Europe?

Toby Keith (As Good as I Once Was, Beer for my Horses) will be touring in Europe this November. His Euro tour will begin on Nov. 9, with his first destination being Glasgow, Scotland.

Other countries are to include Ireland, England, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway.  The tour will  last about 2 weeks, so Toby will be back in time to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.

This tour will be Toby’s second overseas tour, his first being the USO tour in the Middle East.

Toby is currently touring in the US with Trace Adkins for the America’s Toughest Tour.

For more information about Toby’s European tour dates, check out GAC.

Not only did Mama Witherspoon go to opening night Tuesday of the five-night run there — She even made an appearance on stage at the end to present flowers to the cast.

Show star Laura Bell Bundy got big laughs with her line:

“I think all of us would like to thank the woman who gave birth to the woman who gave birth to Elle Woods!”

Professor Witherspoon told me afterward: “Well I thought it was a great movie, and I love the fact that they’ve made it into a show. I wanted to support Nashville and my family and all the fans.”

But even moonshine swillers have a heart, and the larger half of Montgomery Gentry showed his at the duo’s Opry induction Tuesday night.

After Little Jimmy Dickens and Marty Stuart handled the official induction duties, it was time for Eddie to speak.

“I remember…” Eddie started, then tried to clear his throat of the sobs that started and wouldn’t go away.

“I remember sitting in an old junky station wagon, with my dad, listening to the Grand Ole Opry….” he said, pausing to wipe away tears, while the crowd cheered, encouraging him to continue.

“…And him going, ‘it didn’t matter what you do in country music, boy if you don’t play the Grand Ole Opry, become a Grand Ole Opry member, I’m telling you, you just ain’t got there yet.

“Uh, my daddy, he loved what it stood for and what it was about. And I promise you, me and T won’t let you down. And uh, omagosh, Dad…” Eddie said, clutching his Opry trophy and looking up, “we made it.”

The crowd exploded into cheers and applause.
Check it out here!

She was signing her book, L.A. Candy, today at Davis-Kidd in Green Hills and my goodness…there was a lot of people there. When we got there, people were wrapped around the store, and the general manager even told us that people had been there since about 9:30 a.m. so, lots of Conrad fans there today.

Also, before she came to the book signing, she was spotted at SATCO eating, but she says she hasn’t been in Nashville long. She says she just flew in today and she was leaving after the signing.

So if you haven’t bought her book, you probably think the book is just like her reality TV show

But Lauren says, “There are a lot of similarities as far as emotional things you go through and the first time, things like going on an interview for the show, the first red carpet your on, just things like that, are on there but there are no like specific events that i took directly from my life and stuck into the book.”

Lauren says her book is “a fictional novel about a girl who moves to L.A. and gets on a reality TV show and kinda goes from there and all the things she goes through and it’s kind of a behind the scenes look at anyone on a reality TV show.” 

Lauren says she started outlining the book about a year ago, and as a matter of fact, she says shes working on her second book right now.

Also, when we asked her about all the fans at the book signings, she said, “It’s flattering, it’s really cool.” She says the people are always so nice to her. She also says that the most interesting thing to her is, “People in every state are really different, so that’s really cool.”
Check out the full interview here!!