Redskins' Taylor Is Shot at His Home

[Scoutforlife591]

If he gets past this, he'll need to avoid Tri-County Mall


See: Dennis Weathersby

[-GoBengals-]

[quote name='Actium' post='599836' date='Nov 26 2007, 05:20 PM']

seriously though this is very sad. I know this sort of thing happens all the time, and most people don't care except for those who know the victim, but because of Taylor's celebrity status it seems to affect us more than a random person. Hope he can survive--without brain damage, which is the scariest thing I can conceive of.[/quote]


he was shot in the leg...

i doubt there is much risk of brain damage?

[Actium]

[quote name='GoBengals' post='599848' date='Nov 26 2007, 04:31 PM']he was shot in the leg...

i doubt there is much risk of brain damage?[/quote]

Some reports are saying he lost so much blood he lost consciousness and wasn't getting enough to his brain, parts of which died as a result of being without oxygen. Those are just some reports, but that's the danger whenever there's extreme loss of blood.

[ChicagoBengal]

I hope he pulls through. I don't wish that on anyone. And sadly, he'd still be a better cover safety than Dexter Jackson in his current condition.

[BengalsOwn]

[quote name='ChicagoBengal' post='599863' date='Nov 26 2007, 05:57 PM']I hope he pulls through. I don't wish that on anyone. And sadly, he'd still be a better cover safety than Dexter Jackson in his current condition.[/quote]

Zing!

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote name='GoBengals' post='599848' date='Nov 26 2007, 05:31 PM']he was shot in the leg...

i doubt there is much risk of brain damage?[/quote]
the blood loss could result in the brain damage. if it was enough blood loss.

[Jamie_B]

[quote name='ChicagoBengal' post='599863' date='Nov 26 2007, 05:57 PM']I hope he pulls through. I don't wish that on anyone. And sadly, he'd still be a better cover safety than Dexter Jackson in his current condition.[/quote]




It's true, it's true.

[|Bunghole|]

I wasn't trying to come off as a rascist, it's just that when you behave as he has (criminal activity, etc) and traffic in and tote around guns like he has (irresponsibly), then you can expect to be on the wrong end of one at some point.

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote]Source: Taylor wakes up from coma
Alex Marvez

Hear Redskins players and team owner Daniel Snyder react to the shooting of safety Sean Taylor. The Miami native was wounded while at his home in Florida on Monday morning.
Taylor recently awoke in a Miami hospital and gripped a doctor's hand when asked, a source said. Medical officials were uncertain whether Taylor would initially survive after suffering major blood loss when shot early this morning in his South Florida home.

[b]"Sean was not responding well to blood transfusions and things were going in the wrong direction when totally out of the blue he woke up," the source said. "Anything can happen at any time, but the phrase now being throw around is cautious optimism. Before the guy was slowly passing away. Now, he's slowly getting stronger."[/b]

News of Taylor's revival sent cheers among Taylor's friends and family members gathered at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the source said.

Earlier, Taylor had fallen into a coma following surgery for the life-threatening gunshot wound suffered early Monday morning at his South Miami home, FOXSports.com has learned.

The Redskins' Sean Taylor is in critical condition after his femoral artery was severed in a shooting early Monday morning. (Nick Wass / Associated Press)

Taylor "flatlined" twice during the surgery, the NFL Network reported.

Redskins officials flew to South Florida to be near their star safety.

While Taylor was still in the coma, one source said there was a concern Taylor suffered brain damage from the loss of blood and may not survive.

Taylor was shot on the inside of his leg during a home invasion involving "one or maybe more" individuals, the source said. The bullet pierced Taylor's femoral artery, causing him to get rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

The 24-year-old player was in the intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital after several hours of surgery, said family friend Richard Sharpstein, his former lawyer.

Doctors are worried the blood loss might affect blood flow to the brain, said Sharpstein, who was at the hospital with Taylor's family and friends.

The shooting came eight days after another invasion was reported at his home. According to police records, someone pried open a front window, rifled through his drawers and left a kitchen knife on a bed.

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. Taylor had missed the last two games because of a knee injury and was at home recuperating. Taylor was airlifted to the hospital.

Investigators were still interviewing the girlfriend and other relatives who were in the home to try to determine what happened, Perez said. No arrests have been made.

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

Sharpstein said Taylor's girlfriend told him the couple was awakened by loud noises, and Taylor grabbed a machete he keeps in the bedroom for protection. Someone then broke through the bedroom door and fired two shots, one missing and one hitting Taylor, the lawyer said.

"It was clearly a burglary, an armed burglary," Sharpstein said, adding nothing appeared to have been stolen.


The shooting happened at the pale yellow house Taylor bought two years ago in the Miami suburb of Palmetto Bay. Taylor is in his fourth season with the Redskins after playing at the University of Miami, where he was an All-American in 2003. Despite his injury, he is tied for the NFC lead with five interceptions.

Redskins owner Dan Snyder arrived in Miami on his private plane with running back Clinton Portis, vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato and trainer Bubba Tyer.

Taylor called coach Joe Gibbs on Nov. 19 to let him know he'd miss that morning's regular team meeting because he was in Florida dealing with the first break-in on Nov. 17.

"I said, 'I understand that.' I said, 'Take care of your house and everything you have to there,"' Gibbs recalled.

Taylor was at team headquarters Saturday to treat his knee, Gibbs said, adding he wasn't aware the player then returned to Florida.

A group of Taylor's fans planned a two-hour vigil Monday evening outside Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va.

"This is not just a member of the Washington Redskins," said Redskins safety Pierson Prioleau, one of a few players made available to reporters. "But we're talking about a dad, a brother, a friend of ours, and that's where we're at with this right now."

Gibbs was joined by the team chaplain at the Redskins' usual Monday meeting. A small group of players held a separate prayer gathering.

The Redskins (5-6) lost 19-13 at Tampa on Sunday. Taylor did not travel with the team to the game because of his injury. Taylor sprained a ligament in his right knee in the second half of the Nov. 11 loss to Philadelphia. He was expected to miss at least two games.

Known as one of the NFL's hardest hitters, Taylor played in his first Pro Bowl last season, where he drew attention by leveling the other team's punter in what is usually a well-mannered exhibition game.

Taylor has been in trouble numerous times since he was drafted as the No. 5 overall pick in 2004. 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 in his inner circle. He has rarely spoken to reporters, saying he does not trust them. Teammates said he became more mature over the last year after he became a father for the first time.

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 Taylor allegedly hit, Ryan Hill, sued, seeking at least $15,000 in damages. Hill sustained bruises to his body, incurred medical expenses and lost wages because of the fight, the lawsuit said.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.[/quote]

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[B.A.B.]

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

[akiliMVP]

[quote name='B.A.B.' post='599960' date='Nov 26 2007, 09:39 PM']It was bound to happen sooner or later.[/quote]
That was pretty much my thinking when I heard about it.

[bengals8580]

he flat lined twice and was in a coma, now awake though...im down in miami, news is covering it

[Rumble In the Jungle]

i haven't read the whole thread, but was he at the game when they lost to the Bucs ? cause i heard Portis say i wish he was with us at the game, and after the game on the plane ?

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' post='600118' date='Nov 27 2007, 12:13 AM']i haven't read the whole thread, but was he at the game when they lost to the Bucs ? cause i heard Portis say i wish he was with us at the game, and after the game on the plane ?[/quote]
he was at home cuz of a knee sprain injury.

[quote name='B.A.B.' post='599960' date='Nov 26 2007, 09:39 PM']It was bound to happen sooner or later.[/quote]
how can you say that? he didnt do anything wrong and multiple people had been talkin about him being changed.

[quote name='bengals8580' post='600096' date='Nov 26 2007, 11:57 PM']he flat lined twice and was in a coma, now awake though...im down in miami, news is covering it[/quote]
extremeskinz.com a HUGE redskins message board said that he never went into coma, he just was heavily sedated.

[Rumble In the Jungle]

i hope he can pull it off and make it. i know football is the last thing for him to think about, but will he ever come back from this and be the same plyer that he's know to be ?

[Go Tory Go!]

This better not be another Roethlisberger-esque media ruise, "oh shit, he almost died," "he's clinging to his life," yada yada yada.

[B.A.B.]

[quote name='ThurmanMunster' post='600125' date='Nov 27 2007, 12:23 AM']he was at home cuz of a knee sprain injury.


how can you say that? he didnt do anything wrong and multiple people had been talkin about him being changed.


extremeskinz.com a HUGE redskins message board said that he never went into coma, he just was heavily sedated.[/quote]

I don't read too much into what people say about other people "changing". Most of its bullshit. I just hear about this, and I'm not surprised AT ALL.

[ThurmanMunster]

[quote name='B.A.B.' post='600162' date='Nov 27 2007, 02:51 AM']I don't read too much into what people say about other people "changing". Most of its bullshit. I just hear about this, and I'm not surprised AT ALL.[/quote]
but a guy robbing his house has NOTHING to do with him doing something stupid. especially considering no one knew he was going to be home, but his family and the team.

[jza10304]

[quote]MIAMI HERALD

Posted on Tue, Nov. 27, 2007
Sean Taylor dies from gunshot wound
BY ERIKA BERAS, SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN AND OSCAR CORRAL
Washington Redskins defensive back Sean Taylor died Tuesday morning, a day after he was shot by an intruder at his home in Palmetto Bay.
He was 24.

The onetime standout with the Miami Hurricanes died at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where he was airlifted after the shooting Monday morning.

Shot in the groin, he suffered massive blood loss from a severed femoral artery. Surgery conducted later in the afternoon could not save him.

Family and other loved ones, who maintained a vigil overnight at the hospital, were seen leaving the hospital in tears.

The gunman remained on the loose.

''This is just such a tragic, horrible, unnecessary death -- another example of the incessant violence in this city and this country,'' Richard Sharpstein, Taylor's attorney, said early Tuesday morning. AT THE SCENE

Police said Miami-Dade patrol officers received the call that Taylor had been shot about 1:45 a.m. Monday.

Taylor and his girlfriend were startled awake by noises in his sprawling home on Old Cutler Road. Taylor grabbed a machete from underneath his bed and went to investigate.

He didn't get far. An armed intruder fired at least one shot. Taylor tumbled back into the bedroom, critically wounded in the groin, Sharpstein said.

Sharpstein said the couple's baby daughter was also in the bedroom and slept through the shooting. The gunman fled immediately after firing.

''Nothing was stolen. They shot at him and fled,'' Sharpstein said.

He said phone lines to the home had been cut and that Taylor's girlfriend had to call 911 on a cellphone.

Among the first responders was George Mira Jr., who lettered as a linebacker at UM from 1984-87 and is now a fire battalion chief. Detective Juan Villalba, a Miami-Dade police spokesman, said police were interviewing relatives who were potential witnesses.

Only eight days before, according to police records, someone had broken into Taylor's house between 7 p.m. Nov. 17 and midnight Nov. 18. The intruder, who pried open a front window, entered several rooms and rifled through drawers and a safe in the bedroom.

In that incident, someone left a kitchen knife on a bed, the police report says.

Police don't yet know if the two events could be related.

Retirees Pat and Jim Smith, who live next door to Taylor, said they heard voices outside about 2:30 a.m. Monday. Outside, Jim Smith talked to a woman with a baby in her arms who he believes is Taylor's nanny. She mentioned the previous break-in.

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

PLAYING CAREER

Taylor, a graduate of Gulliver Preparatory School in Pinecrest, was chosen by the Redskins as the fifth pick overall in the National Football League's 2004 draft.

He signed a seven-year, $18 million contract after his junior year at UM, when his nine interceptions were the most in the Big East Conference and second in the nation.

At UM, he was an All-American, a Jim Thorpe Award finalist for best defensive back in the nation and the Big East Defensive Player of the Year.

This season, he was sidelined indefinitely Nov. 11 when he sprained his right knee against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Redskins lost to the Buccaneers in Tampa on Sunday.

Redskins Vice President Vince Cerrato, Redskins owner Dan Snyder and running back Clinton Portis flew on the owner's plane to Miami on Monday.

''Our hearts and prayers go out to Sean and his family,'' Snyder told The Associated Press. ``We appreciate very, very much the outcry of support.''

UM officials also weighed in, saying ``this is a terrible thing to have happened to a great person, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and teammates.''

Taylor is no stranger to controversy.

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.

ASSAULT CASE

He was arrested in June 2005 on felony charges of waving a gun at people he believed had stolen his all-terrain vehicle. He later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault and battery. Sharpstein said Taylor was the victim and that he should not have been charged.

After the plea, Ryan Lee Hill, a member of the group that Taylor had allegedly accosted, sued Taylor. In the suit, which is pending, Hill claimed Taylor hit him repeatedly in a fight and brandished a gun at him, and said he had lost wages and had medical bills because of injuries.

''Totally garbage and untrue,'' Sharpstein said Monday of Hill's account.

After the fight, Taylor, friend Michael McFarlane and a man named Charles Caughman went to McFarlane's house in West Perrine, according to court records of the incident. Soon afterward, a silver car pulled up to McFarlane's house and someone opened fire, peppering Taylor's GMC Yukon Denali with bullets. Police found 27 bullet casings outside, and at least 15 shots hit Taylor's car. No one was hit, and the shooting remains unsolved.

McFarlane has since moved out of the small ranch home on Southwest 104th Avenue. The current renter on Monday showed a visitor bullet holes that remain over a front window.

CHANGING HIS LIFE

Taylor's cousin, Florida State University safety Anthony Leon, said Taylor was trying to shed some troublemaking friends he had grown up with. Leon, who said he spent his morning crying and praying in his dorm room, 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.''

Miami Herald staff writers Patricia Mazzei, Manny Navarro, Evan S. Benn and Susannah A. Nesmith contributed to this report.





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Sad, sad story...regardless what you think about him personally

[#40]

[quote name='jza10304' post='600173' date='Nov 27 2007, 06:32 AM']Sad, sad story...regardless what you think about him personally[/quote]

Wow, damn.

[Quaker]

...Just saw on the local news he died. Wow. Maybe a few of the Bengals players could take a little lesson from all this.

[CTBengalsFan]

[quote name='Quaker' post='600186' date='Nov 27 2007, 07:09 AM']...Just saw on the local news he died. Wow. Maybe a few of the Bengals players could take a little lesson from all this.[/quote]

What, they should buy home security systems???

[oldschooler]

[size=5][b]Redskins safety Sean Taylor dies one day after being shot in the leg[/b][/size]

Associated Press

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

MIAMI — Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died, a day after he was shot in the leg, said family friend Richard Sharpstein.

He said Taylor's father called him around 5:30 a.m. to tell him the news.

"His father called and said he was with Christ and he cried and thanked me," said Sharpstein, Taylor's former lawyer. "It's a tremendously sad and unnecessary event. He was a wonderful, humble, talented young man, and had a huge life in front of him. Obviously God had other plans."

He said he did not know exactly when Taylor died.

Doctors had been encouraged late Monday night when Taylor squeezed a nurse's hand. But Sharpstein said he was told Taylor never regained consciousness after being transported to the hospital and that he wasn't sure how he had squeezed the nurse's hand.

"Maybe he was trying to say goodbye or something," Sharpstein said.

The 24-year-old Redskins safety was shot early Monday in his home in the upper leg, damaging an artery and causing significant blood loss.




RIP

[The Scales]

[quote name='CTBengalsFan' post='600188' date='Nov 27 2007, 07:14 AM']What, they should buy home security systems???[/quote]


More like "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

[Rumble In the Jungle]

WOW

R.I.P