PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Indianapolis
Colts star receiver
Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting
near his North Philadelphia bar this week.
Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigation of
Tuesday’s shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been
arrested or charged.
“He was interviewed,” Vanore said Friday.
“Why he was interviewed, that is all part of the investigation.
No one is a suspect.”
Radio station WIP, citing unidentified
sources, reported the alleged shooting victim argued with
Harrison at Playmakers bar. The victim left and headed to his
car, Harrison followed and gunfire broke out, the station
reported. The alleged victim was shot in the hand and did not
identify the shooter, according to the radio station.
Harrison, a prep football star at
Philadelphia’s Roman Catholic High, has owned Playmakers since
July 2004, according to state records.
After the first day of their rookie minicamp,
Colts coach Tony Dungy said he knew little more than had been
reported.
“My phone has been ringing, too, but I don’t
have any details,” Dungy said. “I really don’t have any more
information than you do.”
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is
aware of the report and is looking into it. Harrison’s agent,
Tom Condon, did not immediately return a call.
A source told WIP that ballistic tests showed
the shots were fired from a custom-made Belgian weapon, and
police determined Harrison owns that kind of gun.
Police went to a Philadelphia car wash owned
by Harrison and questioned him about the gun, the station said.
Harrison acknowledged owning such a weapon, but told officials
it never left his suburban Philadelphia home, the radio station
reported.
The source told the station a gun was
discovered in a bucket at the car wash, and tests showed it had
fired bullets that matched those at the scene.
Harrison has played his entire 12-season
career with the Colts and is the franchise’s record-holder in
every major receiving category—receptions (1,042), yards
(13,944), touchdowns (123) and 100-yard games (59). The
35-year-old is one of only four players in league history to top
1,000 receptions.
But after eight consecutive Pro Bowl
appearances, last season was the most frustrating of Harrison’s
career.
He injured his left knee against Denver on
Sept. 30, finished with 20 receptions for 247 yards and one TD
and missed all but five games.
Team president Bill Polian said in February
that Harrison was recovering from offseason arthroscopic surgery
on his right knee and had been rehabilitating the inflamed
capsule in his left knee. He was not expected to be completely
healthy for the start of the Colts training camp July 24.
The typically quiet Harrison has a reputation
for being humble on and off the field.
But he’s still one of the Colts’ most visible
players—and their longest tenured veteran. Harrison, along with
Peyton Manning and
Edgerrin James, were nicknamed Indy’s triplets in the late
1990s. He was a first-round draft pick in 1996 out of Syracuse
and wound up the best receiver in a class that included
Keyshawn Johnson and
Eric Moulds.
Off the field, Harrison was sued following
the 2005 Pro Bowl when three boys accused him of attacking them
when they tried to get his autograph. The suit alleged Harrison
“violently and physically attacked” the minors, including
placing a “potentially deadly choke hold” on one of the boys,
but it was later dismissed.
AP Sports Writer Michael Marot in
Indianapolis contributed to this report.
