Loss in football

*Apologies: I realize this should have been posted yesterday, but my Internet was not working.

Sean Taylor, the Washington Redskins safety who was shot Monday in his home, died in the hospital Tuesday morning.

An intruder entered his home and fired shots into the 24-year-old's leg. ESPN is reporting that Taylor's girlfriend heard a noise in the middle of the night and grabbed their 18-month-old daughter. She said they were hiding under the covers when the intrude broke through the locked bedroom door and fired shows. The bullet hit an artery in Taylor's leg and the loss of blood was too much. He died at 3:30 a.m.

The case is under investigation, and being treated as a homicide after a knife was left on Taylor's pillow during another break-in more than a week ago.