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TheGodInAGreyHoodie · 11-30-2007, 08:05 PM

Arrests made

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071201/...s_taylor_slain

***BelichickFan*** · 11-30-2007, 08:10 PM

Obviously that's good - but it doesn't bring Taylor back. Anything short of life with no chance of parole, regardless of intent, would be a travesty.

AirForcePatFan · 11-30-2007, 08:14 PM

I was just getting ready to post this... This is from the AJC, a Atlanta based newspaper...

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Police: 4 Arrested in Taylor's Slaying
By LISA ORKIN EMMANUEL

Associated Press Writer

MIAMI — The Miami-Dade Police Department arrested four people Friday and charged them with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor.

Police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien identified the men as: Venjah K. Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott Mitchell, 17; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18.

Taylor died Tuesday, one day after being shot at his home in an affluent Miami suburb during what officials said appeared to be an attempted burglary. The suspects weren't expecting Taylor to be home, police director Robert Parker said, but Taylor was recuperating from a knee injury and had returned to Miami from Washington.

"They were certainly not looking to go there and kill anyone," Parker said. He added authorities had more than one confession but would not elaborate.

"We're looking into whether or not one or more of the individuals had been at the residence before," Parker said.

The Miami Herald reported investigators believe the men learned of Taylor's house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about Taylor's wealth.

Taylor and longtime girlfriend, Jackie Garcia, were awakened early Monday by loud noises at Taylor's home, family friend Richard Sharpstein said. Taylor grabbed a machete he keeps in the bedroom for protection, Sharpstein said, then someone broke through the bedroom door and fired two shots, one missing and one hitting Taylor in the upper leg. Neither the couple's 18-month-old daughter, also named Jackie, nor Garcia were injured.

The bullet damaged the femoral artery in Taylor's leg, causing significant blood loss. Taylor never regained consciousness and died a little more than 24 hours later.

A public viewing for Taylor is scheduled Sunday in Miami, and the entire Redskins organization plans to fly to Florida to attend Monday's funeral at Pharmed Arena at Florida International University.

The Redskins also announced that fans attending the team's Sunday game will receive a towel with Taylor's No.21 jersey on it and that his name will be displayed prominently in one of the end zones. Team owner Dan Snyder said in a statement the team will contribute a minimum of $500,000 to a fund to benefit Taylor's daughter.

It's the same article... Very little has been changed...

Bella*chick · 11-30-2007, 08:19 PM

Reading this really drives home the senselessness of all this.

NEPat · 11-30-2007, 08:31 PM

So they don't believe this had something to do with Taylor's past?

It was annoying how all the media talk after it happened centered around how Taylor's past caught up to him. I know it's naturally the conclusion people draw based on what's happened in Taylor's life, but if this turns out to be a completely random event, then all of that looks pretty dumb.

Wildo7 · 11-30-2007, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by NEPat

So they don't believe this had something to do with Taylor's past?

It was annoying how all the media talk after it happened centered around how Taylor's past caught up to him. I know it's naturally the conclusion people draw based on what's happened in Taylor's life, but if this turns out to be a completely random event, then all of that looks pretty dumb.

That stuff made me mad. Especially how they lumped in the spitting incident which has nothing to do with the so-called "off the field incidents" that they were trying to use in taking the "revenge" angle story. Not a very nice way to eulogize someone IMO. After spygate happened we all saw how the glare of the national media can be infuriating when malicious so I can really sympathize with how angry Redskins fans are at ESPN etc. right now.

makoute · 11-30-2007, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NEPat

So they don't believe this had something to do with Taylor's past?

It was annoying how all the media talk after it happened centered around how Taylor's past caught up to him. I know it's naturally the conclusion people draw based on what's happened in Taylor's life, but if this turns out to be a completely random event, then all of that looks pretty dumb.

Two of the four have confessed, and it was random.

abejarano12 · 11-30-2007, 08:41 PM

I' so glad that Someone will pay for what they did. I hope that the court systems don't mess this up

Pats726 · 11-30-2007, 08:48 PM

That they get the right persons is what is MOST important....because sometimes they will just grab anyone and pin things on them...senseless is just the beginning of it...

Ford Prefect · 11-30-2007, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by makoute

Two of the four have confessed, and it was random.

What exactly does "random" mean? They may not have been trying to kill him, but it was his "brother-in-law" still. (The brother of his sister's boyfriend. He'd been at the house multiple times, at a birthday party, and mowing the lawn...)