The ASSOCIATED PRESS reveals autopsy details from the shooting death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor.

According to the autopsy report, the bullet that killed Taylor “ripped first through his right leg and then the left, and possibly came from a 9mm handgun.”

Besides the bullet wounds and “a small abrasion on Taylor’s right biceps,” no other injuries were found on his body. Toxicology tests also revealed that there were no drugs in Taylor’s system.

Further details are found after the jump.

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SEAN TAYLOR JERSEY ONLY REDSKINS STUFF SELLING WELL: It’s a shame when the only way your team can sell any merchandise is when a player dies:

WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that sales of Sean Taylor’s jersey have jumped more than 180 percent since the shooting death of the Redskins safety.Fans have been hitting the stores and going online to buy Taylor’s #21 jersey. And sadly, it seems to be the only Redskins apparel that’s selling.

A manager for a DC-area sports store explained, “If there was any shift (in sales), it was for the Sean Taylor jersey. We had a lot of people crying about the Sean Taylor jersey, not Redskins stuff.”

We hope this doesn’t give Dan Snyder any murderous ideas about pumping up purchases of Jason Campbell jerseys.

SEAN TAYLOR VOTED TO PRO BOWL AFTER SHOOTING DEATH After being shot & killed at his home, Redskins safety Sean Taylor was posthumously voted to the Pro Bowl:

YAHOO! SPORTS passes out the rosters for the February all-star extravaganza in Honolulu, including the salute to the late Washington defensive back.Taylor was already a leading vote-getter before being shot at his Miami home and dying of his wounds last month. Sean is the first player to make an all-star team after his death since 1986, when Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh was voted to the NHL All-Star game 3 months after dying in a car accident.

In less morbid news, Dallas led all teams with 11 players elected to the NFC squad, while New England had 8 players placed on the AFC team.

Brett Favre will be starting for the NFC in his 9th Pro Bowl appearance. It’s the first time the Green Bay QB will be at Aloha Stadium since 2003.Curiously, 10-4 Jacksonville doesn’t have any Jaguars heading for Hawaii. Guess 10 wins in the AFC doesn’t go as far as it used to.

SOMEONE BRAGGING ABOUT #21′S WEALTH LED TO CRIME? The MIAMI HERALD reports “Miami-Dade detectives have detained two teenagers and a man in his 20s in Lee County for questioning in the death of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor. Investigators believe the young men learned of Taylor’s house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about the football star’s wealth.”

“The suspects include 17- and 19-year-olds and a 26-year-old. All hail from the Fort Myers area. Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents and at least two Miami-Dade homicide squads have been in Fort Myers and they picked up the young men Friday morning.“We wouldn’t want to be that “someone” right about now.

NOW IF ONLY HE COULD’VE SAVED US FROM GODFATHER III The MIAMI HERALD reports that the girlfriend of Sean Taylor, who survived the shooting that resulted in Taylor’s death, is the niece of actor Andy Garcia.

Jacqueline Garcia survived the attack on Taylor that left him dead. The couple’s daughter also made it through unscathed, and actor Garcia claims that Taylor was the reason: “His heroic action on that tragic night saved their life and is a testament to his humanity and courage.”We’re not denying that Taylor acted in the proper way to save his wife and daughter, but our question is, if Taylor had moved out of Miami, would any of this had happened?

CNN SEAN TAYLOR GRAPHIC GAFFE RANKLES HUGO CHAVEZ VOICE OF AMERICA reports that Venezuela’s garden variety mass murderer, Hugo Chavez, “has called for an investigation into U.S.-based CNN, saying the news network was seeking his assassination after its Spanish-language channel ran an image of him next to a caption that read, ‘Who killed him?’”

CNN later claimed, earlier this week, that text for the image “had been meant for a story about Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor, who died Tuesday in Florida of a gunshot wound.“But logic and truth never stops Chavez, who still called CNN’s mistake deliberate and “accused the network of possibly seeking to “instigate a political assassination.“

BREAKING: ZERO BLACKS SPOTTED AT COMPUSA SINCE ‘97: TMZ.com took time out from rooting through Britney’s garbage to video UFC fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s reax to the Sean Taylor shooting:

“Shot in the leg and died. Where the hell was the ambulance? Flavor Flav was real when he said 911 was a joke. Bla