Football Player Sean Taylor Shot in His Home

The NFL Player for the Washington Redskins, Sean Taylor, was shot while in his Florida home on Monday. Police officers were called to his house at 1:45 a.m. and found him shot. He was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he was in critical condition.

Mentally Ill Man Charged with Threatening to Shoot President Bush

It is reported in Tampa, FL that a mentally ill homeless man, named Timothy Wade Pinkston, was charged with threatening to shoot President Bush. Secret Service agents were called to the psychiatric unit of St. Joseph’s Hospital where Pinkston resided. Pinkston told the hospital workers that he planned on going to Washington and shoot the president. When the Secret Service agents arrived, he repeated the threat. He said that he doesn’t like the president’s foreign policy or the way he is handling the war in Iraq.

Pinkston was charged with a federal crime of threatening the president. He also was charged in 1991 with threatening the president and sent threatening letters to the governor of Georgia.

Dead Birds Shutdown D.C. Metro

It is reported in Washington that two subway stations closed down because nearly 20 dead birds were found outside the Greenbelt and Takoma station. Officials are looking for a man with a black pickup truck after witnesses said they saw someone spraying an unknown substance at the stations. The stations remained closed while hazardous materials crews analyze the substance.

A few years ago they had a similar situation when someone was going around and putting out rat poison.