Redskins' Safety Sean Taylor Dies

I put this up in the sidebar yesterday, not figuring it would actually turn bad, even though he'd been hit in a major artery of the leg. He died, I guess in surgery.

Dave in Texas emailed this:

There's a local radio talk show guy in Waco named Garret Lewis who mentioned some things this morning on air he got from another radio guy who works in a station in Killeen, who knew Taylor, played ball with him at Miami and played in the pros for a while, I'll try to get his name, mentioned some things that are interesting but not earth shattering. He has been in contact with the family. Taylor's dad was a police chief in the Miami area, and said they think they have a suspect.

Looks like it was a burglary gone bad. Taylor kept a machete by thebed after a break in 8 days ago... he didn't want guns in the house cause he's living with his girlfriend and there's a little girl in the house. He supposedly heard something early the morning he was shot, grabbed it and went downstairs and opened the door, surprised the guy who shot him in the groin. He had suffered so much blood loss he was already going to suffer some brain damage. Probably the cause of death, happened early today.

I'll try to get the guy's name, I don't know that it's newsworthy, but interesting, and sad.

Article here.

posted by Ace at 11:52 AM

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