Sean Taylor shot, in critical condition
 

Apparently fighting for his life after being shot during a home invasion.

http://www.nbc6.net/news/14692065/detail.html

Wow, i've been watching Sportscenter this morning & havent heard anything.

Hope he recovers.

Unbelievable. What a shame. I wonder if they got the 4-wheelers.

Where have you heard that he is fighting for his life?

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.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

LMAO ...Its not the most appropriate thread for a laugh, but LOL at boogers sig.

That hospital is supposedly one of the top trauma centers in the southeast, so he's in good hands.

But - this smells like pro football talk. How would a guy who was shot in the leg be fighting for his life?

damn i better cut the redskins D this week

ok, seriously hope he will be ok, sounds real bizzare

Femoral artery was severed.

There's an artery in your leg that is life threatning?

Its one of, if not THE biggest vein in your body.

It's near your groin, and yes, you can bleed to death quickly.

I understand that you would bleed out fast, but he made it to the hospital and all. :hmmm:

Near the groin, OUCH, well shit i learned something new today.

Femoral artery. He'd die from a loss of blood if they couldn't get it patched up in time.

:shrug: ...just going by what i hear.

You ever seen the movie "Black Hawk Down"? There's a virtually unwatchable scene where they try to stop the bleeding from a soldier who's had his femoral artery severed.

Never seen it, but own it, must watch tonight to learn more!

Oh man, yeah...that scene is just gut-wrenching, the actor did an amazing job conveying the pain of it.

Wow, this is the first I've heard of this. He was shot "at his home" which sounds like a robbery.

Anyone else think there may be more to this story than is being told?

May he have a speedy recovery...GOD BLESS.

if not life threatening, then at least leg threatening. If blood doesn't make it down to his leg they will have to take it off.

Yeah, think of the plumbing in your house. If the water line going to your downstairs bathroom (leg) is broken, what kind of water pressure will you have in your upstairs shower (brain)?

Artery: carries blood away from heart:

Vein: Carries blood back to the heart.

And yes, you can lose you life quickly in the event of femoral artery dissection.

I suspect there is.

Yeah, good thing it was attended to fast or he'd be dead instead of in critical condition.

A $900,000 house in the "pretty close" ghetto?

Mcan will soon be along to indicate that Shawn Taylor's unecessary bleeding was traumatic to the shooter and jettio will volunteer to file the suit against Taylor's estate.



Its too bad his redneck neighbor didn't shoot those Theives in the yard, before they committed this crime, right....

ROFL

Profootball player and doesn't have an alarm system....

he's a target with jewelry, cash, toys.

He should have a least had a good dog.

Or night scope.

Everybody knows anytime you get shot below the waist you should immediately stand on your head until help arrives!

If I was him I would start carrying a gun

Are we the only two who aren't buying into the "armed intruder" theory? Sean Taylor doesn't exactly have a reputation for being a standup guy. If it was Mark Brunell or Chris Samuels or Ladell Betts, I would probably buy the intruder theory. With Sean Taylor, I'm more likely to suspect a drug deal gone bad or that he accidentally shot himself while pistol-whipping someone.

Latest report is that his girlfriend tried to shoot him in the nuts after she caught him having an affair.

Whatever Doc.

Jesus Christ.

Actually, he has an airtight alibi.

I don't buy the burglary story.

He's lucky to be alive. A childhood friend of mine accidentally got shot in the leg. It hit his femoral artery. He was about 40 miles from the nearest hospital and it took about 20 minutes for the EMT's to get there. He was dead by the time they loaded him in the ambulance.

there is an episode of "24" and it is also in someone's sig where Jack buaer is grilling a husband and wife and instead of shooting the wifes head off he goes right for the womans artery in her leg leaving the husband to watch his wife blead out.

Sad news...can he play football again if he recovers?

There exists a situation where he has both been an asshole in the past and was a totally innocent victim here.

I know it's hard for some people to disassociate from their preconceived notions that bad things can happen to shitty people at times, but, such is life.

But he was arrested once. Innocent people don't get robbed.

The burglar either has really bad, or really good aim.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/brea...ry/320910.html

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 his house, 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 to investigate. 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 wound, according to Taylor's lawyer and family friend, Richard Sharpstein.

Thats a shitty deal all around.

Its really too bad this story isn't about a dead burglar being removed from his home.

Sad story indeed.

That was my first thought. Especially after somebody had already broke in a few days ago.

I'd go for a wounded and bleeding-out burglar being airlifted from his home, but I'm essentially with you.

Man this sucks. he may have trouble coming back from this. Money can afford great surgeons however, as can the Redskins franchise, personally I just hope he is able to walk with both legs and retain all mental abilities. I have a friend whose little brother wrecked the 4-wheeler and ran the handlebar through his thigh and ruptured his femoral artery. He was pretty young, maybe 9 or 10. He was about dead when they got him to the hospital (turned blue). It has a happy ending however, they repaired it and now he has no troubles and plays all sports (very well). So lets all hope the same happens here.

Also, how long till the idiot who shot him brags about it and gets caught/shot?

Best of Wishes to the Taylor family.

Is it possible that Mr. Taylor was dating Deidra Lane?

I had a class with him where we went to school with him (Lane College).
He was cool peeps.

Obnoxious, but what star athlete at any school isn't?

Could be tonight, could be as long as it's been since some fool shot and killed Darrent Williams.

Or from his neighbors yard.:D

Moorman, was that you? LOL. J/K. I really hope he makes it just because he is a new Dad.

yup

this is what happens when you're a thug and constantly hang around this kinda shit. Not to mention he went to the U, where everything is legal if you're a football player. Hope he recovers though.

You have to be a thug to get shot?

WHEW...

Good to know I'm safe.

No, but Taylor has had a history of being in that type of gang violence environment with the weapon charges and shootings etc. Eventually you hang around that shit too long and it'll get yourself critically injured or possibly killed.

I hope hes okay. I didn't know it was this serious.

Got a call from my dad at 8 AM and he said they might have to remove his leg, I didn't know that it was life-threatening.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7490604?MSNHPHMA

Source: Taylor in coma after surgery
Alex Marvez
FOXSports.com, Updated 1 hour ago STORY TOOLS:

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

Taylor "flatlined" twice during the surgery, the NFL Network reported.
Redskins officials are en route to South Florida to visit Taylor.

One source said there is a concern Taylor suffered brain damage from the loss of blood and may not survive.

"It doesn't look good," the source said. "But he's young, strong and extra healthy. That's what he's got going for him."

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

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.

The latest report on ESPNews seemed to indicate his situation was improving. They said he was responsive.

It was clearly a burglary, yet nothing was stolen.

:hmmm:

You have absolutely no idea what happened regarding the circumstances of the incident. How about you wait for information to come out before you go on your little thug rant?

So I hope that this isnt right and this is...

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redsk...l?nav=rss_blog

Les Carpenter, who is working the story for us in Miami, heard rumblings that Sean may have opened his eyes.

I have not been able to get that confirmed but just heard from a team offical that Sean is now responsive, which is obviously a turn for the best. I will continue working away to get more details, but this is obviously a turn for the better after Sean spent much of the day in a "non-responsive and unconscious" state.

As the person put it: "Finally, the first good news all day." Let's hope it's the first of more to come.

UPDATE: Vinny Cerrato just called us with confirmation.

"He was responsive to the doctor's requests to squeeze his hands and showed facial expressions. The doctors were very happy about that," Cerrato said " ... Two doctors came and told us they were excited about that."

Cerrato also confirmed my earlier reports about Sean being "non-responsive and unconscious."
Cerrato said: "We'd heard all that, and what they told us was to hope for a miracle."

Cerrato said Taylor is still in critical condition but did not have many details beyond that. Vinny said Sean was in surgery for seven hours.

Les Carpenter reports from the hospital there that the mood has changed dramatically around there and people are suddenly in much better spirits.

Just got off the phone with Richard Sharpstein, Sean's lawyer and a family friend.

Richard said they are saying Sean is in stable but critical condition and remains under constant care in the ICU.

"This was a great ray of sunshines, but we're not out of the woods yet," Sharpstein said from the hospital. "The doctors are stil guarded about the diagnosis. Until he comes to and speaks and recognizes people, they are going to be guarded, but this was obviously a very positive sign and a recognition of a command."

It may turn out that he's a completely innocent random victim, but you have to admit: when you read that a Redskin got shot, who did you think was most likely to be the guy? Jon Jansen? Jason Campbell? When I read the headline that said, "Redskins Star in Critical Condition After Shooting" my immediate assumption was that it was Sean Taylor.

Get well soon you hard hitting sucker ,sucks to hear crap like this .

Mine was Clinton Portis, but Sean Taylor would have been my second guess, for no other reason than the "crowd" they hang with and the choices they've made in the past.

I didn't hear "a Redskin got shot". I heard "Sean Taylor got shot during a home invasion". There's no information at the present time to indicate he's anything other than a victim, so he should be treated as such until more stuff comes to light.

They just teased the Sean Taylor story on ESPNews and said, "Sean Taylor in Serious Condition"

I know Serious is better than Critical.

RM, I saw the same headline and thought exactly the same thing.

Still says critical in the box.

Yeah maybe the guy just said Serious Condition and didn't actually mean "Serious Condition"

kind of a scarface ending. with a different little friend