Three held in Taylor shooting in Miami

The Miami-Dade County police aren’t releasing any more information.

MIAMI (AP) — The father of Sean Taylor is a police chief, but even he had little information about the three men detained in his son’s fatal shooting.

Pedro Taylor said Miami-Dade police told him three men were detained for questioning, but he was waiting for more news.

“They won’t go into details, because they don’t want to compromise the case,” Taylor told reporters at a Friday afternoon news conference. “You have more information than I really have.”

The 24-year-old Pro Bowl safety was attacked at his Miami area home Monday and died a day later.

Earlier, a law enforcement official in Lee County confirmed the men from the Fort Myers area were in custody, but requested anonymity because the investigation is being handled by Miami-Dade County police.

Miami-Dade police, however, would not confirm if anyone was in custody in Taylor’s death. Police only said detectives were in the Fort Myers area for an unspecified case.

“Our detectives are out there in Fort Myers conducting an investigation, gathering information and at this particular time they are not comfortable releasing any information regarding their investigation,” police spokesman Robert Williams said. “As soon as information develops that will not jeopardize their case, they will release information.”

The Miami Herald, which first reported the development on its Web site, said investigators believe the men learned of Taylor’s house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about his wealth. The suspects include two teenagers and a man in his 20s, the paper reported.

Taylor’s teammates and friends were measured in responding to Friday’s developments in the case.

“I can’t get excited or get my hopes up hoping these are the guys until we know for sure,” Redskins teammate, running back Clinton Portis, said.

“If those are the guys, I just hope that they’ll just be dealt with properly. I feel there’s nothing much I can say about it. It’s no anger I can express to them. What’s done is done,” receiver Santana Moss said.

Evidence at Taylor’s home indicated one or more intruders barged into the house early Monday in an attempted burglary, Miami-Dade police director Robert Parker said Wednesday.