Sean Taylor Shot!

[salavea]

IS this true? I heard some rumors but I havent seen anything online yet.

[jessica]

Yeah I think it is PALMETTO BAY, Fla. -- Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Florida after being shot Monday morning, the team has confirmed.

WTVJ, NBC's Miami affiliate, reported that authorities are investigating a burglary and shooting at Taylor's home. Taylor was shot in the leg. He is at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

The shooting happened early Monday in the 18000 block off Old Cutler Road in Palmetto Bay. Miami-Dade police confirmed that air rescue was dispatched to the scene.

[salavea]

It's true

www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

POSTED 10:06 a.m. EST, November 26, 2007

SEAN TAYLOR "FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE"

Redskins safety Sean Taylor has been shot in Florida, a source with knowledge of the situation tells us. He is in critical condition at a Miami-area hospital and, per the source, is "fighting for his life".

Taylor spent Sunday night in his Florida home with his girlfriend and infant daughter. A robbery occurred, and Taylor was shot in the leg by one of the invaders.

The bullet severed his femoral artery. He currently is in surgery.

Taylor, the fifth overall pick in the 2005 draft, was in Florida to get a second opinion on an injured knee.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Taylor, his family, and the Redskins organization, and we hope that Taylor will make a full recovery.

[jessica]

One website is reporting his Femoral artery was severed.

[salavea]

Sportstalk 980 is talking about it and they said he is in critical condition

[salavea]

Everyone please say a prayer for Sean

[skinsfan44]

After yesterday's loss I thought it couldn't get any worst.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Sean and his family.

[salavea]

This is from Redskins insider Jason La Canfora


UPDATE:
Just spoke with a friend of the family who said that Sean lost a substantial amount of blod and 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.

Players and coaches are very worried right now and essentially everyone can do nothing but pray for the best at this point. The media is being quarantined to the media room for now - as you would expect in these situations - and there will be no open locker room. Players may be speaking to us later in the day.

One of Taylor's agents, Jason Rosenhaus, said he had no comment on the incident. The Redskins are going to have a team meeting around noon to update the players on the situation.

According to the team, Taylor was home in South Florida when armed robbers attempted to enter. He was not with the team for the game this weekend - which is not unusual for injured players - as Sean was trying to recover from a knee sprain. The Redskins had hoped that Taylor, who was having a Pro Bowl season, would have returned to the lineup in the next few weeks.

[The Mayor]

This is the worst day to be a Redskin fan.

I hope Sean pulls through this. I dont care if he ever plays again.

I just want him to survive.

Tough day today guys.

[salavea]

Clinton Portis Meeting The Media
Clinton is answering questions right now:

"It's an unfortuate situation. No one really knows the logistics of what happened."

Clinton said the players have not been assured that Sean will survive:
"I've been todl hes lost a lot of blood and he's fighting to hold on."

As for Taylor's past, Clinton said
"All of that menas nothing now that he's fighting for his life."

Portis also said the incident is not specific to South Florida:
"Its not Miami, it's anywhere. this could happen anywhere. For Sean its just an unfortunate situation"

Portis has never been to this specific house, but knows of it's location:
"It wasn't a bad neighborhood. It' not a high crime area."

Portis said Taylor has made changes in his life the past few years after starting a family:

"Ever since he had his child it was like a new Sean."

Portis also said:
"If he was at the game with us if he was on the flight with us, then he wouldn't be in this situation ... but Sean's a tough guy. Hopefully, he can pull through."

[salavea]

from Redskins Insider again

Pierson Prioleau And James Thrash Speak (UPDATED)

Safety Pierson Prioleau just spoke. Before we get to that, Amy Shipley is reporting from Florida and she has chatted with family members who say Sean remains in surgery in critical condition. I am hearing the same thing from within this building. It's an ongoing situation.

Prioleau said:

"You never think about entering a team meeting as a football team addressing an issue that is way beiger than this issue of football. Just as a team right now, as an organization, it is bigger than football This is not just a member of the Washington Redskins, we're talking about a dad, a brother, a friend of ours, and that's where were at with this right now. Our prayers go out to Sean and his family, and that's where were at as a football team right now."

Coach Gibbs and a team chaplain addressed the team, Prioleau said.

Prioleau said the players received few specifics and details about the incident.

Receiver James Thrash, who has been training with Taylor to try to overcome their injuries, said:
"You come to love each other and treat eachother as brothers. You try to be a leader, but at the same time right now you're just praying to God for the best."

Like Prioleau, Thrash said the players were given no specifics of the medical condition.
"We haven't been told anything in terms of medical, we're just waiting and hopefully we're going to get some good news real soon."

Prioleau and Thrash are two of the spiritual leaders on the team and Thrash said there was already an informal prayer group among some players prior to the team meeting this afternoon.

Also, WR Santana Moss, one of the players closest to Taylor and a fellow Miami product, did not address the media, and I don't blame him for that at all. There's not much these guys can say right now other than to express their concern for Sean. WR Antwaan Randle El also declined to comment

[jessica]

PALMETTO BAY, Fla. -- Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor is in critical condition after he was shot at his Florida home Monday, police said.

In a team meeting Monday, players were told that Taylor is in a coma. It is unknown if the coma was medically induced.

Related: Images From Scene | Images Of Sean Taylor







Officers were sent to Taylor's home at about 1:45 a.m. after his girlfriend called 911 and said he was shot in his lower body, Lt. Nancy Perez said. He was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital, she said, but did not disclose how many times he was shot.

Richard Sharpstein, an attorney who represented Taylor in a criminal case, says the player's father told him his son had been shot in the leg and was bleeding heavily because his femoral artery was severed.

Investigators were still interviewing the girlfriend and other relatives who were in the home to try to determine what happened, Perez said.

"It could have been a possible burglary; it could have been a possible robbery," Perez said. "It has not been confirmed as yet."

The Washington Redskins said in a statement on Monday that the organization is aware of the shooting and that authorities are investigating the incident.

News4's Dan Hellie reported that Taylor did not travel to Tampa with the team for Sunday's game. It is unknown if the team knew Taylor was in the Miami area.

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

Taylor, 24, is in his fourth season with the Redskins after playing at the University of Miami, where he was an All-American in 2003. He leads the team with five interceptions but has missed the last two games with a knee injury. Taylor sprained a ligament in his right knee in the second half of the Nov. 11 loss to Philadelphia.

Taylor was named to his first Pro Bowl roster after the 2006 season, in which he led the team in tackles. Taylor joined the Redskins after the team selected him with the fifth overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft.

He has been fined at least seven times during his professional career for late hits and other infractions, including a $17,000 penalty for spitting in the face of Tampa Bay running back Michael Pittman during a playoff game in January 2006. He also was fined $25,000 for skipping a mandatory rookie symposium shortly after he was drafted.

Redskins coaches and players have defended Taylor, saying he was smart and misunderstood. Taylor has been slow to let anyone into his inner circle. He has rarely spoken to reporters, saying he does not trust them. Teammates said he became more mature during the past year after he became a father for the first time.

"Ever since he had his child, it was like a new Sean," running back Clinton Portis said.

In 2005, Taylor was accused of brandishing a gun at a man and repeatedly hitting him during a fight that broke out after Taylor and some friends went looking for the people who had allegedly stolen his all-terrain vehicles.

Taylor reached a deal with prosecutors last year after they agreed to drop felony charges against him. He pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors in the assault case and was sentenced to 18 months probation. The pleas prompted another fine from the NFL but kept his football career intact.

He also was ordered to talk about the importance of education at 10 Miami schools and had to contribute $1,000 for scholarships to each of those schools.

The man, Ryan Hill, also sued, seeking at least $15,000 in damages. Hill suffered bruising to his body, incurred medical expenses and lost wages because of the fight, the lawsuit said.

Taylor bought the home in the Miami suburb for $900,000 two years ago.

Stay with News4 and nbc4.com for more information.

[salavea]

According to Sean's Lawyer he is out of surgery and is in ICU


www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/320910.html

Redskins' Taylor fights for life after shooting, surgery
Posted on Mon, Nov. 26,
By ERIKA BERAS, SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN AND OSCAR CORRAL
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Washington Redskins football player Sean Taylor is shown before the start of a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville in this Aug. 30, 2007 photo.
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The noises Sean Taylor and his girlfriend heard in their house early Monday 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 to investigate, and just outside his bedroom, was shot in the groin and critically wounded. He collapsed back into the room, where he breathed heavily as blood gushed from his wound, 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 refused 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, possibly jeopardizing his brain. 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 and 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, the door swung open and someone fired two shots at him. One shot hit his groin, the other missed him. Taylor's girlfriend found him breathing heavily.

''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.''

Sharpstein said someone tried to break into Taylor's house last weekend.

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 can be seen on the grounds.

Lt. Nancy Perez, a spokeswoman with the Miami-Dade Police Department, said police have been unable to talk to Taylor. They want to find out who shot him and why. 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.

Miami Herald staff writer Patricia Mazzei contributed to this report.