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Sean Taylor (R.I.P.)

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The Washington Post is reporting that the injuries are life-threatening, and that there is a concern about possible brain damage.

They are now saying that he's come out of surgery and in the recovery area, and family members have said he's doing OK.

The incident is considered a clear case of armed robbbery by the police.

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We all I am sure wish Taylor well in his recovery.

That said ...

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.
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Ouch - bringing a knife to a gun fight!
 
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Taylor's femoral artery repaired; Redskin lost 'significant' amount of blood


PALMETTO BAY, Fla. -- Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor was in critical condition Monday after surgery for a gunshot wound to his leg during what police are investigating as a possible armed robbery at his home.

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. Taylor lost a "significant" amount of blood because the bullet damaged his femoral artery, Sharpstein said.

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.
In a story posted on The Washington Post's Web site, Sharpstein characterized Taylor as "nonresponsive and unconscious."

"Right now he's clinging to life and we're all praying he makes it," Sharpstein said, according to The Post.

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.
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ESPN - Redskins' Taylor critical after being shot at home - NFL
 
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This guy almost has his career ended for waving a gun around a couple of years back and now he keeps a machete next to him in the bedroom for self defense? Who the fuck keeps a machete next to them for that? Seriously.

I'm with Sandgk, this is just fucking bizarre.

How in the hell can a guy with that kind of money live anywhere you have to worry about stuff like this?

What kind of burgulars kick in the bedroom door to shoot people? And then only shoot one person?

This sounds a lot more like a lifestyle choice coming back to haunt someone who's had plenty of chances to leave all the hood rat shit behind him imo.

I'm just glad no innocent women or children were hurt.
 
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My thoughts... I don't think it was a robbery. Sean was definetly known for going out and about and also in the past "beefing". I know of a couple incidents he's had, more when he was at da U, but some recent too. I think the girlfriend knows more. Either she had something to do with it, or it was a previous problem. He was definetly shot in an interesting place.

Also for those questioning about where he lived at and security systems... it's Miami, people get shot in a Houston's parking lot in Aventura on a Sunday evening. Palmetto Bay is a little South of Coral Gables, which is South of Miami.

Either way, I hope he recovers.
 
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Supposedly he is making a pretty miraculous recovery, though the people are trying to remain cautiously optimistic.

He has apparently woken up from his coma and was able to grip a doctors hands when asked.

NFL Network said that he flatlined twice during his surgery. If he makes it out of this situation relatively healthy I'd be amazed, but signs are going in the right direction finally.
 
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Jaxbuck;1007805; said:
How in the hell can a guy with that kind of money live anywhere you have to worry about stuff like this?

What kind of burgulars kick in the bedroom door to shoot people? And then only shoot one person?
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Wave of Home Invasions Puts the Wealthy on Alert - WSJ.com

In the past year, billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Ernest Rady, socialite Anne Bass and professional basketball players Eddy Curry and Antoine Walker all have joined a group to which they would rather not belong: victims of home invasion.

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In affluent enclaves across the country, from Beverly Hills, Calif., to Scarsdale, N.Y., these high-profile cases and others -- many of them unsolved -- have set nerves on edge amid what law-enforcement officials and security experts say is becoming an alarming trend. One particularly gruesome case in July underscored the dangers for many, when a home invasion in Cheshire, Conn., ended in the deaths of a doctor's wife and his two daughters. Two men have been arrested and charged in the case.

In home-invasion robberies -- unlike burglaries -- thieves hope to confront the occupants, often intending to force victims to open a safe or divulge bank-card PIN numbers. Home invasions aren't separately tallied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or by most state and local police. According to the most recent FBI data, residential robberies, which include home invasions, rose nearly 13% in 2006 from 2002, even as violent crime overall decreased 0.4%. Last year, 64,000 residential robberies were reported.
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