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Sean Taylor of Redskins shot in S. Dade - 11/26/2007
Sean Taylor of Redskins shot in S. Dade - 11/26/2007
By ERIKA BERAS, SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN AND OSCAR CORRAL ocorral@MiamiHerald.com Sean Taylor of the Washington Redskins was shot and wounded early Monday by an intruder in his home on Old Cutler Road in Palmetto Bay. Taylor, a former University of Miami star, was airlifted to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was reported to be in critical condition. Details were sketchy ...
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Sean Taylor Shot In Groin As Intruder Was In His Home
FanHouse — ... in his home at 18050 Cutler Road in South Dade at 1:30 am this morning. Taylor was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital around 2 a.m., according to police. A family friend, who did not want to be identified, told Local 10's Rad Berky that Taylor was shot twice. Police said Taylor was in critical condition. Crime scene investigators were seen leaving with bags of evidence collected inside the home, Berky said. According to the Miami Herald, apparently Taylor was home as someone was trying to break into his ...

Redskins' Sean Taylor Shot in the Groin at Miami Home This Morning
FanIQ Blog — Scary news out of Miami this morning. Many sources are reporting Sean Taylor was shot in the groin during an invasion of his Miami home. ...

Sean Taylor Shot
The Redskin Report — ... the bullet traveled near the femoral artery, which is located in the thigh. Sean’s father, Pedro, the chief of police in Florida City, Florida, is with him at the hospital, according to the source. They believe the situation is stabalizing, and are obviously hoping for the best. UPDATE 4: Taylor is reportedly in a coma after six hours of surgery. Anyone else feeling sick hearing all this news? Let’s hope he can pull through. UPDATE 5: From the Miami Herald (i’ve bolded the most important part): ...

Redskins Taylor in Coma After Being Shot
About Football — ... suffered a disappointing loss Sunday at Tampa Bay, but their fading playoff hopes became secondary Monday with the news that safety Sean Taylor was shot in his Miami home early Monday morning. Reports from the Miami Herald paint a grim picture for the star defensive back, who apparently was shot in the groin by an armed intruder. Although his family has asked that no information on his condition be released at this time, it is believed that Taylor is in a coma and there is concern that he could suffer brain damage due to the loss of a substantial amount of blood that ...

The Latest Reports on Sean Taylor
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — ... According to various reports, Taylor was shot in the groin during what police are investigating as a possible robbery. The Miami Herald reports that about 20 family members have gathered at Jackson Memorial Hospital, but they refused to speak to reporters. ...

Monday Blizzard
Pacifist Viking — Sean Taylor Washington safety Sean Taylor was shot and, according to PFT, is fighting for his life. We hope and pray for his health. According to PFT, and according to the Miami Herald (via Fanhouse), Taylor was the victim of a crime; he was visiting his girlfriend and baby, and Taylor was shot by an intruder/robber. Taylor is the innocent victim of a crime, which makes the AP story about the shooting unconscionable. First, the AP story provides the completely irrelevant information of how ...

Redskins' Taylor Shot by Intruder
SportsFilter — Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is in critical condition after being shot twice by an intruder early Monday at his Miami home. Taylor, 24, was the fifth overall pick in the 2004 draft and leads the team in interceptions. He's reportedly in emergency surgery. Read Story.

Sean Taylor 'Clinging to Life'
FanHouse — ... Taylor is only 24 years old, with a girlfriend and a young child (who were unhurt in the shooting). While the latest update in the Miami Herald makes no direct reference to the perpetrators being either in custody or still at-large, it does say they fled after Taylor was shot. The latest Herald story also makes reference to the possibility that Taylor has suffered brain damage due to his heavy blood loss. ...

Dangerous People
Hogs Haven — Two very frightening developments that need mention. I will do my best not to speculate though I think it is simple human nature to try and sort order out of a chaotic series of events. From both the Washington Post and the Miami Herald the word is that the attack was deliberate, per Vinny Cerrato, emphasis added: ...

Sean Taylor: Seven Hours of Surgery
The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog — ... that this was a burglary but nothing was stolen. It seems more like an assault and there is disturbing evidence that this was a deliberate attack, if not thoroughly planned: when Sean's fiancee went to call 911 after Sean had been shot, the phone line was dead, it had been cut. She used her mobile phone. ...

Sean Taylor: Dies From Gunshot Wounds
RotoWire.com NFL Latest News — ... 11/26/2007 Taylor, who was shot Monday morning during what appears to have been a break-in, emerged from surgery about 12:30 p.m. but had lost a lot of blood and remained unconscious, the Miami Herald reports. There are fears that Taylor's brain... ...

How will you remember Sean Taylor?
Hogs Haven — ... But more importantly, and although facts are still coming in, here's what I think I'll remember about Sean Taylor the man: Knowing full well that someone had tried to break into his house earlier that week, Sean Taylor asked Coach Gibbs if he could ...

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