Breaking News: Sean Taylor dead at 24

Felix · 11-27-2007, 07:34 AM

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MIAMI (AP) — Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died from injuries sustained when he was shot in the leg, said family friend Richard Sharpstein. He was 24.

Sharpstein said he did not know exactly when Taylor died.

Taylor was shot early Monday in his home in the upper leg, damaging an artery and causing significant blood loss. Miami-Dade Police were investigating the attack.

Taylor played at the University of Miami, where he was an All-American in 2003, and was also a high school standout in the city. His father, Pedro Taylor, is the police chief of Florida City.

Taylor had a troublesome first two years in the NFL after he was drafted No. 5 overall by the Redskins in 2004, but he had mostly behaved after his daughter, Jackie, was born in May 2006.

Taylor has been fined at least seven times during his professional career for late hits and other infractions. He was also fined $25,000 for skipping a mandatory rookie symposium shortly after he was drafted.

In 2005, Taylor was accused of brandishing a gun at a man during a fight over some all-terrain vehicles that had allegedly been stolen. Last year, he reached a deal in which he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to 18 months' probation. The pleas prompted another fine from the NFL but kept his football career intact.

Thats a shame. I hope they find out who is responsible for this.

Felix · 11-27-2007, 07:34 AM

TOL, beat me to the post.

Dr. Giganto · 11-27-2007, 09:12 AM

I just e-mailed this to ESPN's "ombudsman":

So, this morning I was saddened to learn via text message from a friend that Redskins safety Sean Taylor had died a day after being shot in the leg. Upon waking up at 7:30 a.m., I went to my computer to read the story on ESPN.com, and I was absolutely shocked to discover that the main story on ESPN.com was not Taylor's tragic death, but rather last night's Monday Night Football game. SO then I thought to myself "Ok, well, maybe they just didnt have time to fully update the website." But it is now 90 minutes later, and STILL, Monday Night Football is the "main story" on ESPN.com. And, of course, what channel is MNF broadcast on? ESPN.

Slowly but surely, ESPN has lost its journalistic integrity over the past few years, and in my eyes, this is the straw that broke the camel's back. The fact that a boring, 3-0 game gets top billing over the tragic death of a 24-year old in the prime of his life and career is absolutely deplorable. And all because "corporate synergy" dictates that events that are broadcast on ESPN are more important than any other news story.

Over the last several months, I have spent considerably less time visiting ESPN.com, and more time visiting other sports media outlets. It got to the point where ESPN's "opinion" pieces were absolutely unreadable...filled with fluff and devoid of any substance or analysis. But I still occasionally visited ESPN.com when I simply needed something objective...a box score, a breaking news story, etc. Well, apparently, I cant rely on ESPN for that anymore.

Take a step back and think about this situation for a second: ESPN thinks that Monday Night Football (broadcast on ESPN, of course) is more important than a person's life. That's disgusting.

Slimdust · 11-27-2007, 09:36 AM

man that really sucks. My prayers go out to his family and teammates.

Twist of lEMOn · 11-27-2007, 10:20 AM

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Redskins' Sean Taylor critically hurt in shooting at home

By Amy Shipley and Jason La Canfora, The Washington Post
November 27, 2007
MIAMI -- Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor remained in critical condition in a Miami hospital Monday night after being shot early in the morning in his Miami home.

Taylor squeezed a doctor's hand and made facial expressions early in the evening, Redskins officials and a family friend said, providing some hope after he emerged from seven hours of surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital that left him "unresponsive and unconscious" and doctors fearing possible brain injury or death, according to Taylor's attorney, Richard Sharpstein.

"He's doing better than when they first brought him to the hospital," said Donald Walker, who identified himself as a friend of Taylor's mother, in a telephone interview Monday night. "He's unconscious, but he's somewhat responsive, I guess you could say that. When the doctor asked him to squeeze his hand, he did it."

Taylor, 24, confronted one or more intruders early Monday morning at the bedroom door of the house he shares with his fiancee and 18-month-old daughter, and was shot in the upper thigh near the femoral artery, Sharpstein said. The fiancee and child were uninjured, but Taylor lost significant amounts of blood and received a number of transfusions, according to Sharpstein and a source at the hospital.

No further surgical procedures were planned for Taylor, who was placed in intensive care, but doctors expressed concern his brain could have been damaged from lack of oxygen, Sharpstein said. A Redskins team source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Taylor's heart stopped beating twice during surgery.

"We'd heard [about the situation] and what they told us was to hope for a miracle," said Redskins vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato, who flew to Miami with Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, running back Clinton Portis and other team officials on Snyder's private jet.

News of Taylor's situation spread quickly through Redskins Park, the team's training facility in Ashburn, Va. Normal team activities were suspended and players were dismissed. Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs and team chaplain Brett Fuller addressed the club about noon, informing them Taylor was fighting for his life.

"For all of us here, we're obviously in shock," a shaken Gibbs told reporters. "I know I can't put it into words."

Taylor, the Redskins' top draft choice in 2004 who was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time last year, was having his best season as a professional before suffering a knee injury Nov. 11 that forced him to miss the last two games.

Miami-Dade police responded to a 911 call about 1:40 a.m. Monday at his home in an upscale suburb known as Palmetto Bay, a police spokesman said.

No arrests were made. In a statement, Miami-Dade police said a preliminary investigation indicated that Taylor had been shot by an intruder, but that the investigation was not complete.

Just before the shooting, Taylor was awakened by a noise in his living room, Sharpstein said. As the shooter or shooters approached Taylor's bedroom, he reached for a machete or other form of knife he keeps nearby in case of emergency, and two shots were fired, one striking his leg in the groin area.

Cerrato said Taylor's fiancee tried to call police from the house line, only to discover that the line had been cut. She had to use her cellphone to call 911, which delayed the response time.

"This was a deliberate attack," Cerrato said without elaborating.

About 30 of Taylor's friends and family kept vigil in the trauma center waiting room throughout the day.

The shooting came eight days after another incident was reported at Taylor's home. An intruder pried open a front window, went through drawers and a safe and left a kitchen knife on a bed, according to the police report of the Nov. 18 incident.

There was no security system at Taylor's house, said Emory Williams, a cousin of Taylor.

The safety has had several brushes with the law. Taylor was charged with a felony count of aggravated assault with a firearm for allegedly brandishing a gun in a Miami neighborhood in 2005. Taylor reached a plea agreement and avoided jail time.

Portis, a former University of Miami teammate, said Taylor had grown up considerably since the birth of his daughter, Jackie, in May 2006.

"Ever since he had this child it was like a new Sean," Portis said before departing for Miami. "And everybody around here knew it. He was always smiling, always happy, always talking about his child."

That makes it sound alot more like its not a robbery

Dr. Giganto · 11-27-2007, 11:02 AM

When I read that the phone lines were cut, thats when I started to get suspicious...there's certainly more going on here than I initially suspected

CrasH - X · 11-27-2007, 11:40 AM

Yeah all this news shit really sucks .. I actually stayed up half late last night as MSN.com was trying up to date results .. they said just after supper last night that he was getting better and getting stronger, but I guess he couldn't keep it up.

RIP.

Blitzkrieg · 11-27-2007, 12:25 PM

Great e-mail Tom and you're 100% correct in your analysis of ESPN. Actually, it's pretty much all media outlets. The media overall is pretty fucking twisted.

Wow.. I don't even know where to begin. When I woke up this morning there was an interview on espn with Larry Coker and next to his head read the statement that Sean Taylor had passed away. I usually don't think twice about most deaths in sports or entertainment but for some reason this one is really sticking with me. It's sad on so many levels.

R.I.P.

The Hammer · 11-27-2007, 01:25 PM

Yeah it definitly does not sound like a robbery but like some cold blooded shit. I feel so bad for his daughter.

Blitzkrieg · 11-27-2007, 02:22 PM

It's sounding to me like gang activity. Maybe not that he was in a gang specifically but you never know what with his Miami Hurricanes background. Also, his father was apparently the chief of police in some Miami suburb in Dade County so I wouldn't count out some sort of backlash because of that either..

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