Three men charged with murdering Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor were denied bail Tuesday, a day after thousands of mourners attended the funeral.
Charles Wardlow, 18, Jason Mitchell, 19, and Venjah Hunte, 20, all made brief court appearances via a videoconference from Miami-Dade County jail, where they will remain after Judge John Thornton Jr.'s ruling. The three stood silently during the hearing.
Taylor, 24, died Nov. 27, barely 24 hours after he was shot in the bedroom of his home a few miles from where he grew up. Police say he was a victim of a botched burglary.
The three suspects and a fourth one, Eric Rivera, 17, all face charges of unpremeditated murder, home invasion with a firearm or another deadly weapon and armed burglary. Rivera is being processed at a juvenile detention center in Miami-Dade.
Another lawyer has said there is a fifth suspect that police are seeking.
According to the reports, Mitchell and Rivera admitted entering the home and said someone had a gun and shot Taylor, but they didn't identify who.
Rivera and Wardlow are both seniors at Florida Christian Institute in Fort Myers, Fla., which has 190 learning-disabled students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Both played on the school's flag football team.
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