Washington Redskin Sean Taylor has died

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and many of his teammates had praised him as having put his personal troubles behind him....

Washington Redskins star Taylor dies from gunshot

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WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) -

The National Football League's Sean Taylor, a star defensive player for the Washington Redskins,
died on Tuesday after being shot at his home near Miami, local television stations in Washington reported.

Taylor, 24, who was the Redskins first pick in the 2004 draft, was shot in the leg, severing his
femoral artery, during an apparent home robbery on Monday.

He was airlifted to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment but died from his wound afte
heavy blood loss, local affiliates of CBS News and ABC News said.The Miami Herald reported that
Taylor and other occupants of the house heard intruders at the rear door and Taylor was shot in
the leg. Police said they were called at 1:45 a.m. by a woman who said Taylor had been shot.
"We've yet to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting," said Miami-Dade Police
spokeswoman Kathy Webb.

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I feel really bad for his father. He didn't know what was going on, according
to a live interview. He was picked up by one of his officers and then told that
his son had been shot. It's a real shame. I hope they catch the guys that did this.

http://runningredskins.blogspot.com/2006/06/sean-taylor-gets-hoot-too.html

Speaking of plea bargains (as with the Fred Smoot case), the sharp eyed folks at The Warpath shout "Yes" to the deal Sean Taylor cut with the Dade County prosecutors. The Washington Post reports that Taylor won't miss any training camp time. Taylor and his fans can move on to the aggressive defensive backfield Gregg Williams is developing with Taylor and Adam Archuleta as safeties.

As in the Virginia case, the Dade County charges were squirrelly from the get. Taylor was charged with very serious aggravated assault charges that are dropped completely. Taylor pleads no contest to misdemeanor battery charges and gets 18 months probation, a fine and court costs. The battery charge will be expunged from his record if there are no other incidents.

So, how did that go again? Taylor drives through a rough neighborhood with some of his running buddies -- wise move when you are driving a Cadillac Escalade in a risky area --and spied his missing all-terrain vehicles sitting on someone else's yard. No crime in that. He goes to recover them. No crime in that either, as long as it's really his property; but it's risky. This is when rich guys call the cops. There's a confrontation. The details are murky, except that it was Taylor, not the victim, who at one point ends up on his butt. (That must be a real rough neighborhood!) Later, Taylor's Cadillac is shot up in a drive by. Yet it's Taylor who got arrested. Hmmmm.
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It's a good lead I'd say...