Murder–suicide Nowhere is the link between homicidal and suicidal behavior more evident than in cases of murder–suicide. In 2009, gifted National Football League quarterback Steve McNair was shot to death by a girlfriend who then proceeded to shoot herself as well. Ironically, in the public service video noted in the photo, made by McNair shortly before his death, he urges young suicidal people to call a hotline and “live to see better days.”