Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot and wounded early Monday by an intruder in his home on Old Cutler road in South Miami Dade.
Taylor was airlifted to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was reported to be in critical condition. About 20 family members and friends gathered at ryder trauma on monday morning. They cried, made phone calls, talked amongst themselves and refused to speak with reporters.
Details were sketchy about the shooting.
According to police, Miami-Dade patrol officers received a call about 1:45 a.m. Monday that a homeowner had been shot in the leg. The homeowners told police they heard intruders at the rear door of the house, trying to pry it open.
The male homeowner went to investigate and a woman in the house then heard a shot. Paramedics responded and found Taylor with a gunshot wound to the groin.
The shooting happened at 18050 Old Cutler Rd. County property records list it as the address for Taylor. It is a four-bath, four-bedroom house with a taxable value of $704,297.
Lt. Nancy Perez, a spokeswoman with the Miami-Dade police department, said police have been unable to talk to him. They want to find out who shot him and why. They have no further information.
His family has asked that no information about his condition be released at this point, said Lorraine Nelson, a hospital spokeswoman.
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