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Arrests made in Sean Taylor's murder...

dolfandolfan Member Posts: 4,159
edited November 2007 in General Discussion
**Not arrested yet...but detained and being questioned.

3 detained in Sean Taylor homicide[/b]
Posted on Fri, Nov. 30, 2007
BY MANNY GARCIA AND DAVID OVALLE

Miami-Dade detectives have detained two teenagers and a man in his 20s in Lee County for questioning in the death of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor.

Investigators believe the young men learned of Taylor's house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about the football star's wealth.

The suspects include 17- and 19-year-olds and a 26-year-old. All hail from the Fort Myers area. Comment: That's approx. 150 miles from Taylor's home.

The former University of Miami star was not supposed to be home at the time of the break-in. While the Redskins played in Tampa, he had come home to get a second medical opinion on his injured knee.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents and at least two Miami-Dade homicide squads have been in Fort Myers and they picked up the young men Friday morning.

Taylor was shot early Monday by an intruder who surprised him in the bedroom of his Palmetto Bay home.

Taylor wielded a machete as he tried to protect his fianc?e, Jackie Garcia, and their 18-month-old baby girl. The two were hiding under the covers as Taylor was shot.

One bullet pierced the wall. The other struck Taylor in the groin, severing his femoral artery and causing massive blood loss. He died at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Comments

  • cce1302cce1302 Member Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Idiot. Don't carry a machete to a gunfight.
  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cce1302
    Idiot. Don't carry a machete to a gunfight.
    IDIOT, He wasn't allowed, to have a gun...
  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007
    edited November -1
    Why not ??

    Is/was he a convicted felon or under a TRO??

    Doug
  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    Why not ??

    Is/was he a convicted felon or under a TRO??

    Doug
    Prior Felony charge, as i read it. Can't find the article now. He may have been a juvy at the time .
    I see no other reason for him to NOT have a gun under the bed.
  • tobefreetobefree Member Posts: 7,401
    edited November -1
    The kid went down trying his best to defend his family. From alll that I have read... he was an alright person..
    Let him RIP!!!
  • dolfandolfan Member Posts: 4,159
    edited November -1
    Here is a C&P from my post on this thread:
    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=274792

    He received probation only and would've ended up with no criminal record...he was still on probation and thus not allowed to have firearms at the time of his death.



    Here is a C&P from Taylor's arrest mentioned on my previous post.
    Sorry, but this paper SELLS archived articles...only this tidbit is free:

    Miami Herald - June 5, 2005 -

    REDSKINS' TAYLOR CHARGED IN SHOOTING
    Former University of Miami All-American and current Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor turned himself in to police Saturday night and was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and battery. Taylor pointed a firearm at a person during a dispute over an allegedly stolen ATV and demanded to know where the vehicle was, said Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien. The incident occurred about 1 a.m. Wednesday, O'Brien said. No one was injured but a car was...added from my recollection: The car was shot up by "allegedly" Taylor's posse. It belonged to the person Taylor suspected of stealing his ATV, the same person who still has an ongoing lawsuit against Taylor
  • Horney toadHorney toad Member Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You don't suppose the suspects were AFRICAN AMERICAN, do you?
  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,026 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Horney toad
    You don't suppose the suspects were AFRICAN AMERICAN, do you?


    Most likely could not point out Africa on a map. Don
  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    Why not ??

    Is/was he a convicted felon or under a TRO??

    Doug


    Condition of his current probation.
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