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MIAMI - The National Football League's Sean Taylor, a star defensive player for the Washington Redskins, was in critical condition after being shot at his home near Miami today, police said.
Taylor, 24, who was the Redskins first pick in the 2004 draft, was airlifted to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment, police said.
The Miami Herald reported that Taylor and other occupants of the house heard intruders at the rear door and Taylor was shot in the leg, but police said they could not confirm those details.
Police said they were called at 1:45am by a woman who said Taylor had been shot.
"We've yet to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting," Miami-Dade Police spokeswoman Kathy Webb said.
Miami-Dade police officer Nancy Perez, speaking to reporters outside Taylor's home, said Taylor "was shot in the lower extremities. He was airlifted to Ryder Trauma (centre at Jackson Memorial Hospital) in critical condition."
Taylor, a college star with the University of Miami, bought the four-bedroom home in Palmetto Bay, a village just south of Miami, for US$900,000 ($1,195,536) two years ago.
The hard-hitting safety had five interceptions this season but had been sidelined the last two weeks with a leg injury.
- REUTERS
