Fans Line Up to Pay Respects to McNair

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Fans have been lining up outside a Nashville funeral home to pay their respects to ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair.

Inside the building, a closed silvery-gray casket sat next to a photograph of the former Tennessee Titans star.

The Titans have also opened LP Field to the public. They're showing a video tribute to McNair and allowing fans to write messages in a book for his family.

McNair's wife, close friends and ex-teammates are expected at a memorial service Thursday night at Mount Zion Baptist Church, where the family has attended since moving to Nashville in 1997.

Police say the 36-year-old McNair was shot four times on July 4 by a girlfriend who then killed herself in a condo McNair shared with a friend.

McNair taped suicide prevention PSA

Tennessee state officials say they had been preparing a youth suicide prevention public service announcement featuring former NFL quarterback Steve McNair before he was shot and killed last week.

The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities says it's shelving the 60-second television spot, which hasn't yet aired.

The department issued a statement Thursday saying "broadcasting it now is not only inappropriate but doesn't serve the community."

Department spokeswoman Jill Hudson said McNair taped the spot in April, and producers had been doing post-production work in hopes of using the announcement sometime this year.

Police say a 20-year-old girlfriend of McNair's shot and killed him on July 4 before killing herself in Nashville.