Shock: 'I can't even deal with it'

0 Comments | USA TODAY, November, 2007 | by Gary Mihoces

ASHBURN, Va. -- Cupping their hands around candles in an attempt to keep them lit against the wind, Washington Redskins fans stood vigil for Sean Taylor on Monday night at the team's training complex. Meanwhile, teammates and coaches offered their own prayers for a player that they said had matured beyond the early troubles of his NFL career.

On a day that had been earmarked for rehashing a tough defeat on the road vs. Tampa Bay, the Redskins were slammed by the news Monday morning that Taylor, a hard-hitting, fourth-year safety who made the Pro Bowl last season, had been shot and critically wounded at his home in the Miami suburb of Palmetto Bay. Attorney Richard Sharpstein said he had been told that Taylor's femoral (leg) artery was damaged by a bullet. Police were...