Miami-Dade Police Arrest Four Men in Connection With Death of Sean Taylor

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The Miami-Dade Police Department arrested four people today and charged them with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor. Police spokeswoman Linda O’Brien identified the men as: Venjah K. Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott Mitchell, 17; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18. Apparently, the suspects weren’t expecting Sean to be home. Investigators believe the men learned of Sean’s house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about his wealth.

First off, these are kids. Well, kids in the sense they’re extremely young. I guess at 18 years old you start calling them men, but it’s sad to think of the positive potential just being thrown away after the horrific crime they committed, whether it was planned or intentional or not — just really, really sad all the way around. And it makes me wonder how safe other NFL players feel after something like this happens. It’s common knowledge that professional athletes make a lot of money and it’s just as common that there are people in the world who want to take it away from them for whatever reason. Hopefully this arrest will deter any other would-be criminals from planning any kind of crime on any other person, no matter what their occupation. I mean, get real, right? Imagine a world without gun-crime. Imagine a world without crime, period. Yeah, imagine.