4 People Arrested in Sean Taylor Murder

The Miami-Dade Police Department has arrested four men that were connected with the death of Washington Redskins football player Sean Taylor. The names and ages of the men are: Venjah K. Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott Mitchell, 17; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18. Charges have not been determined yet but they will include murder and burglary. The four men were arrested on Friday in Southwest Florida. They will be booked into the Lee County Jail and returned to Miami. Sean Taylor died this past Tuesday, one day after being shot in his home. The men were supposedly trying to burglarize the home and didn’t think Taylor would be home. The suspects may be connected to the burglary that happened a week before the shooting.

Football Player Sean Taylor Dies in Hospital After Being Shot at Home

The Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died just one day after being shot in his home. He died at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami where he was airlifted to after being shot on Monday. Taylor never regained consciousness after he was transported to the hospital.

The shooting happened eight days after an intruder was reported at his home. His girlfriend says that the day he was shot they were awakened by loud noises. Taylor grabbed the machete that the kept in his bedroom for protection and then someone broke through the bedroom door and fired two shots. One of the shots hit Taylor in the upper leg, which damaged an artery and caused a lot of blood loss. Neither his girlfriend nor their 1 year old daughter, who was home at the time, was hurt. Officers went his home at 1:45 a.m. after his girlfriend called 911. He was then airlifted to the hospital.