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October 15th, 2013, 09:34 AM
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/jury-selection-to-begin-for-sean-taylor-murder-trial/
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – After numerous delays, jury selection is scheduled to get underway Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of firing the fatal shot which killed All-Pro Safety Sean Taylor during a botched burglary.
Eric Rivera Jr., 23, was one of five men accused of breaking into Taylor’s Palmetto Bay home in 2007. At the time the group, who drove to the Miami area from Ft. Myers, were all teenagers.
Investigators said the group, who thought the home was empty, was looking for a stash of cash.
What they didn’t know was that Taylor was at home nursing an injury instead of taking the field with his Washington Redskins teammates for a road game at Tampa.
When the 6-foot-2, 230-pound player — well known as a ferocious hitter — confronted them with a machete early on Nov. 26, 2007, Rivera allegedly fired two shots. One missed. The other hit Taylor in the upper leg, causing massive blood loss that led to his death a day later at age 24....
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – After numerous delays, jury selection is scheduled to get underway Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of firing the fatal shot which killed All-Pro Safety Sean Taylor during a botched burglary.
Eric Rivera Jr., 23, was one of five men accused of breaking into Taylor’s Palmetto Bay home in 2007. At the time the group, who drove to the Miami area from Ft. Myers, were all teenagers.
Investigators said the group, who thought the home was empty, was looking for a stash of cash.
What they didn’t know was that Taylor was at home nursing an injury instead of taking the field with his Washington Redskins teammates for a road game at Tampa.
When the 6-foot-2, 230-pound player — well known as a ferocious hitter — confronted them with a machete early on Nov. 26, 2007, Rivera allegedly fired two shots. One missed. The other hit Taylor in the upper leg, causing massive blood loss that led to his death a day later at age 24....