Sean Taylor Fatally Shot at Home - Deceased
 

Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot in the groin at his Florida home early Monday morning, police said.

The Miami-Dade Police Department is currently investigating the incident. Taylor is currently undergoing treatment at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida, the Redskins said in a statement.

According to a report in the Miami Herald, police took a call early Monday that a homeowner had been shot in the leg.

Paramedics responded and found the victim with a gunshot wound to the groin. According to county property records obtained by the Herald, the residence, at 18050 Old Cutler Road, is listed to Taylor.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3127928

CNN says he's currently in critical condition.

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WTF with all these sports guys getting robbed lately.

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wtf

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why'd the dude shoot him in the groin? something personal? that's gotta hurt

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ouch, sounds painful to say the least...

wouldn't surprise me if this wasn't a random thing, he's been a good amount of trouble and prolly has made some enemies...

either way, hopefully he gets through this OK...

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wow this sucks so hard. "critically injured" according to yahoo.com

gl

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wtf the redskins run so bad

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radio said he was fighting for his life. vince wilfork was doing a radio interview here in boston when the news broke and broke down on air. sad news, such a f'd up world.

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Oh man, this totally sucks.

Not that Sean Taylor is a total gentleman or anything like that. But seriously, shot in the groin? wtf?

Hope he recovers.

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I'd be much more surprised if it was. This really sucks, he was having such a great year, on the field at least.

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I'm curious what other information will come out about this.

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Saw this on Sportscenter this morning. Critical condition. He must have bled a ton to be near death from a shot to the groin.

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I recently read on a Redskins forum that he is now in a coma, but this is just a rumor and I have no source, except that apparently LS Ethan Albright said it.

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Saw this on Sportscenter this morning. Critical condition. He must have bled a ton to be near death from a shot to the groin.

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I think it said his femoral artery was hit, so that would explain it.

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Fox Sports and Redskins Radio report that an unnamed source has said:

"He's in critical condition and has somewhat stabilized after surgery, but things could go either way at this point," the source said. "He's lost an incredible amount of blood. At this point, we're just waiting to see how he responds to the surgery."

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If his femoral artery was severed it's amazing he even made it to the hospital.

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It's sad, but we need an "***Official NFL, Guns, Drugs, Crime****" thread.

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i just heard on wfan that he is now in a coma...he hasnt been the best of people but it sounds like hes been turning his life around since his daughter was born and is an amazing football...this could be a real shame

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I think it's a pretty common misconception that he had to 'turn his life around'. He got in trouble once for flashing a gun at a guy whom he thought stole his ATVs. He grew up in a relatively middle-class area, his father was a police chief. He didn't come from the inter-city, he didn't roll with gangs, he was just immature when he came into the NFL, like so many other young athletes who fall into money.

He's always been great to the fans and the fans love him back. He doesn't really talk to the media because he doesn't trust them and feels that they gave him a bad rap with this whole felony situation. I'll be praying for him and hope he gets through this.

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also he spits on people!

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Where online can I send him my best wishes? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

KJS

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I didn't want to tell anyone this, but I donate a lot of money to places that research femoral artery ruptures. So can the holier than thou stuff.

seriously, I hope he recovers - I'd thought of him as a thug as well but maybe barretboy is right.

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Hopefully he can have a Kevin Everett like recovery this sucks.

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The latest is that he's in a coma and fighting for his life.

I was at the game yesterday (will post pics later) and on the field and was standing just a few feet from all these guys. Crazy to think that one of their teammates would be critically shot several hours later. I landed in Baltimore about 3 hours ago and had a very sad text message waiting for me. What the hell.

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QFT.

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praying he makes it through

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The latest reports sound pretty bad and make it sound like even if he survives he'll have a significant amount of brain damage.

Thoughts and prayers to Taylor and his family.

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Yea I have read similar sad accounts here, his loss of blood was significant enough through the femoral artery that his brain was deprived of oxygen for however long it took for him to get airlifted. I hope he pulls through and is ok, football shouldn't even be a consideration lets just hope he makes it through and can live a normal life.

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I'm shocked that NONE of the major sports networks are following this more than every 15 minutes.

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They [censored] cover an almost unimportant indictment of Bonds 24/7, but Taylor is in a coma, and they mention it once a half hour.

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This pissed me off quite a bit. This kid is legit dying.

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disgusting

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Completely agree. I saw the news before I left for class this morning and was stunned when I got back and ESPN was barely talking about it.

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from the Miami Herald

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A week before Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor was shot in his Palmetto Bay house, a burglar broke in, rifled through his things, and left a knife on a bed inside hishouse, according to police records.

Eight days later, noises in the dark spooked Taylor and his girlfriend. It turned out to be their worst nightmare.

At least one armed intruder had broken into the $900,000 Palmetto Bay house of the star NFL player and were at his bedroom door. Taylor rose from bed, grabbed a machete, and went to investigate, according to a police source. Just outside his bedroom, he was shot in the groin and critically wounded. He collapsed back into the room, where he breathed heavily as blood gushed from his injury, according to Taylor's lawyer and family friend, Richard Sharpstein.

Taylor, a former University of Miami star and Gulliver Preparatory School graduate with a controversial past, was airlifted to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. About 20 family members and friends gathered at Ryder Trauma on Monday morning. They cried, made phone calls, talked among themselves and declined to speak with reporters.

Sharpstein said Taylor, 24, emerged from surgery about 12:30 p.m. but had lost a lot of blood and remained unconscious, his brain at risk of injury from the blood loss. He is in intensive care and doctors have allowed his family to see him.

According to police, Miami-Dade patrol officers received a call about 1:45 a.m. Monday that Taylor had been shot in the leg. The caller told police they heard intruders at the rear door of the house, trying to pry it open.

Taylor went to investigate; his girlfriend then heard a shot. Paramedics responded and found Taylor with a gunshot wound to the groin. Detective Juan Villalba, a Miami-Dade police spokesman, said police were interviewing relatives who were potential witnesses.

Sharpstein, who represented Taylor in a previous criminal case, said Taylor and his girlfriend were in their bedroom and heard noises in the house. The couple's baby was also in the house. As Taylor walked to the bedroom door to check out the noise, he picked up a machete, and then opened the bedroom door. Someone fired two shots at him, hitting him once in the groin. The other shot missed him. Taylor's girlfriend immediately went to help and found him breathing heavily. The shooter fled immediately after firing.

''Nothing was stolen. They shot at him and fled,'' said Sharpstein, who was visiting family at the hospital. ``He is clearly the victim of assault in his own home.''

According to police records, someone also broke into Taylor's house between 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17 and midnight Sunday Nov. 18, by prying open a front window. No one was home at the time. The burglar entered several rooms in the house, rifled through drawers, and a safe in Taylor's bedroom. The police report says it was ''unknown'' whether anything was taken.

In that incident, someone left a kitchen knife on a bed in Taylor's house, according to the police report. Damage was also ``observed to the A/C vent in Taylor's bathroom.''

Retirees Pat and Jim Smith live in the house next to Taylor's. They said they heard voices outside about 2:30 a.m. and went outside to check it out. Jim Smith talked to a woman with a baby in her arms who he believes is Taylor's nanny. She said someone tried to break into Taylor's house last weekend and again earlier this weekend.

''I am going to make sure my gun is loaded,'' Jim Smith said. ``We never did have any problems here.''

The shooting happened at Taylor's home on Old Cutler Road in Palmetto Bay in South Miami-Dade, a four-bedroom, four-bath house he bought in 2005, according to the county's property appraiser's website. The one-story, pale yellow house is protected by a white wall with black gates, and a buzzer controls access. A car beneath a car cover and a boat could be seen on the grounds Monday.

Lt. Nancy Perez, a spokeswoman with the Miami-Dade Police Department, said police have been unable to talk to Taylor. They have no further information.

Taylor's family has asked that no information about his condition be released at this point, said Lorraine Nelson, a hospital spokeswoman.

Taylor is in his fourth season with the Redskins. He suffered a sprained right knee on Nov. 11 against the Philadelphia Eagles, an injury that had sidelined him indefinitely. The Redskins played the Buccaneers in Tampa Sunday.

In 2004 he was the fifth pick overall by the Redskins as one of their starting safeties after a stellar career at the University of Miami. He signed a seven-year, $18 million contract. His junior year at UM he led the Big East conference and was second in the nation in interceptions with nine.

He was an All-American, Thorpe Award finalist and Big East Defensive Player of the Year during his UM career.

Taylor is no stranger to controversy.

He was arrested in June 2005 for waving a gun at a group of people he believed had stolen his all terrain vehicle. Felony charges were dropped, but he eventually pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault and battery. Sharpstein said Taylor was actually the victim and that charges should never have been filed against him.

After the plea, Ryan Lee Hill, one of the men in front of whom Taylor allegedly waved a gun, sued Taylor, claiming Taylor hit him repeatedly in a fight and brandished a gun at him. Because of injuries he supposedly received during the fight, including bruises to his body, Hill lost wages and incurred medical expenses.

In the lawsuit, which according to court files is still active, Hill claims Taylor and some friends went looking for people who allegedly stole his all terrain vehicles. According to the suit, Taylor pummeled Hill with his fists and called him a thief. Taylor then left and returned with more friends and pointed an assault rifle at Hill.

''Total garbage and untrue,'' Sharpstein said of Hill's account in an interview Monday.

Taylor's father, Pedro Taylor, the police chief of Florida City, could not be reached for comment. But a woman who answered the phone in his office said he was at the hospital awaiting the result of his son's surgery.

''There were a number of people who were jealous of Sean's success,'' Sharpstein said.

Before he was drafted, he was rebuked by the NFL for leaving the league's mandatory rookie symposium early, and drew a $25,000 fine.

Taylor, 24, has made a living jarring receivers in the secondary for the Redskins and his jersey remains as popular as ever with Hurricanes fans. But lately, he had gotten into a bit of trouble for waving a gun at people he thought had stolen his car in 2005. I know folks automatically assume that means Taylor was a gangster or some guy that was hanging with the wrong crowd.

Taylor's cousin, Florida State safety Anthony Leon, said Taylor was trying to shed some trouble-making friends he grew up with in Florida City. Leon, who said he spent his morning crying and praying from his dorm room in Tallahassee, said Taylor had ``started to calm down.''

''He's been trying to stay away from bad company -- especially for his daughter's sake,'' Leon said. ``Sean wasn't a bad guy at all. He's got his personality on the football field and off it. All he was trying to do was protect his family. And they shot him.''

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Overall, I'm really puzzled by the lack of media coverage. I consider myself more than an average joe sports fan, but not a superfan, and I care more about Sean Taylor than anything else they could be talking about.

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It's really surprising to me as well because it's not like Taylor is some player that most football fans haven't heard of. I'd venture to say most fans of the NFL know Taylor's name and he's probably one of the more known defensive players. Typical ESPN to blow up things like steroids and then barely mention the fact that a Pro Bowl safety is fighting for his life.

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He's now "clinging to life":

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/

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Here is a story about how the wealthy are being increasingly targeted for home invasion, all the way from wealthy investors like Warren Buffet's sister and super hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert, to NBA stars like Antoine Walker and Eddy Curry.

Some security experts think that because traditional private commercial areas are so well protected now, robbers are turning to the relatively lax security of the private homes of the super wealthy. Most of the robbers look for quick heists of jewelery and cash (especially from NBA players) or to quickly intimidate the rich in question to giving up their ATM or bank account numbers. Many of these crimes are pretty amateurish and not well thought out in advance, and perhaps Sean Taylor's tragedy is just a symptom of this new style of robbery.

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This is horrible, and there is no excuse for making jokes about it. Its true he has had his problems, but as Barrett said he came from a very good family, and yea he has made some stupid decisions and hung with the wrong crowd but most accounts have him being a very good guy who was just immature.

I'm going to miss watching him play against my team (I'm assuming even best case there is little chance of him playing again), he was a joy to watch and an amazing athlete. But none of that is really even important anymore, I just hope he survives, and am strongly pulling for him to be ok.

Also shocked about the lack of coverage, I turned on ESPN about 5 times today looking to see coverage on this and got nothing, while the ESPN News "breaking news" was Houston Nutt not coming back.