Sean Taylor Shot, Fighting for Life

[Sportsbuck]

msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7490604

[bdes]

I saw this on ESPN, this is wild.

[Just Blaze]

here's an update i found on another forum

Richard Sparpstein, who has represented Sean Taylor in legal matters in the past and is a friend of the family, said moments ago that the player's life is hanging in the balance in the hospital. Sharpstein, speaking from the hospital, said Taylor is "nonresponsive and unconscious" and the doctors are "worried about a possible brain injury or death."

Sharpstein, who has been with Taylor's family at the hospital much of the day, said that there are major worries that Taylor may have lost oxygen to the brain, and that no other procedures are planned for right now. "They're waiting to see if he comes to," Sharpstein said. He was shot in the groin/thigh area near the femoral artery and lost copious amounts of blood. He was airlifted to the trauma center and endured several hours of surgery, Sharpstein said.

Taylor is in intensive care, Sharpstein said, and his girlfriend and child were not injured in the attack. Sharpstein said Taylor was sleeping when he heard a noise in the living room. The intruders were at his bedroom and Taylor reached for a machete or other form of knife he keeps nearby in case of emergency, and two shots were fired, with one striking his leg.

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

not looking too bright

[Sportsbuck]

Latest word is that he has slipped into a coma following surgery.

[Leak2Troupe03]

This is really unfortunate. I mean it is when it happens to anyone, but at 24 this guy has so much ahead of him in not just his football career but his life. Hope he pulls through.

[detroitbasketball]

ESPNEWS reporting that Sean Taylor is now responsive, made facial expressions, and responded to doctors requests to squeeze his hand.

[bearcat]

Great news, hope he keeps on improving.

[Loki]

Anyone think this sounds a little fishy?

I hope he pulls through and everything's alright. He's a hell of an athlete and a good guy for the most part and even if he wasn't, you still never want anyone to die with such a great life ahead of them.

[Just Blaze]

loki1230 said:

Anyone think this sounds a little fishy?

I hope he pulls through and everything's alright. He's a hell of an athlete and a good guy for the most part and even if he wasn't, you still never want anyone to die with such a great life ahead of them.

what do u mean fishy???

[detroitbasketball]

Apparently Taylor's house was broken into last week and someone left a knife on the bed. There's speculation he could have been targeted, especially seeing as how he's had some run-ins with people in the past.

[Loki]

I'm just not sure what to take of the story about some guy breaking in and shit. It's hard for me to believe that someone with as much money as Sean Taylor doesn't have any good security or anything.

The story could very well be true, I'd just look into the girlfriend first before deciding on something.

[bdes]

I agree with Loki. It reminds me of the Benoit thing in a way. Everyone felt bad for Benoit and then the true news came out. Taylor had to of done something for this to happen. But I wish the best of luck to him.

[Sportsbuck]

Don't mean to be the asshole here, but Taylor does have a criminal past.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Taylor_%28American_football%29

Scroll down about halfway to see all of it.

[Just Blaze]

Miami is a bad area....if you wander around you'll end up in bad areas. Trust me. I drove in the wrong neighborhood without knowing until my friends told me to get out ASAP. Taylor can escape the hood and the ghettos of south beach but his ties remain strong. He has friends.....as well as foes.

it doesnt surprise me that he got shot but it's just weird how it happened. if it was a robbery, why wasn't anything taken? Where was his girlfriend at the time? Like Loki said, he's a millionaire so shouldnt he have some security? It just looks like a hit and run to me.

[detroitbasketball]

Seeing as the girlfriend was with him the entire time and was the one who called 911......

Apparently the phone lines were cut, and subsequently the burglar alarm went with it, or so I've heard. I honestly think it's a strong possibility that it was someone from Taylor's past who broke in and came only to harm Taylor and not take any property.

[Loki]

Dude's got millions of effin dollars and he plays in Washington D.C. so seriously...get the hell out of Miami! Buy a crib somewhere in the mountains of West Virginia or something but don't, as a million-dollar athlete, live in a shitty ass city like Miami, involve yourselves with the same morons that have gotten guys like Ray Lewis, Jamal Lewis, Michael Vick, and that scumbag Pacman Jones in trouble, and don't leave your life in the hands of that girlfriend of yours that I am really not trusting.

[Sportsbuck]

Just heard on my local news that Sean Taylor died this morning.

[sep]

Not the way I would like to start out my day. Truly sad.

[Loki]

Fuck you man...

R.I.P. Sean Taylor.

[Just Blaze]

yeah i turned on the local news and Sean Taylor news was everywhere...my community was hit hard by this so everyone here is just stunned. I mean he was responsive to the doctors but couldn't make it. I hope the Redskins can still move on from this because, while watching the news, everyone at Redskins Park (their HQ) was sad. Seeing a human killed is one thing but seeing a young superstar football player killed is another.

RIP Sean