Why? It's not surprising at all. Harrison is a sullen character and he has had some incidents dealing with fellow humans.
Colts Star Probed in Shooting AP Posted: 2008-05-03 01:00:43 Filed Under: NFL http://sports.aol.com/nfl/story/_a/colts-star-probed-in-shooting/20080502160809990001 PHILADELPHIA (May 2) - Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia car wash 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." Vanore told WCAU-TV the shooting occurred near 25th and Thompson streets, near a car wash owned by Harrison and about a half-mile from a bar also owned by the All-Pro receiver. Earlier, 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. Varone also said a child was hit in the eyes by broken glass, but was treated and released from a hospital. Harrison, a prep football star at Philadelphia's Roman Catholic High, has owned Playmakers since July 2004, according to state records. Harrison's agent, Tom Condon, denied the player was involved in the shooting. "I've spoken with Marvin and I've spoken with his attorney, and they say the reports are erroneous," Condon told ESPN. "Marvin was not involved in any shooting, and he is not the subject of this investigation." It was business as usual Friday night at the bar, located in the middle of the block in a neighborhood of rowhouses. Through two large picture windows, a handful of patrons could be seen sitting at the bar, and others were playing pool amid framed pro football jerseys on the walls. A man working the door at Playmakers refused to comment on the media reports involving Harrison and would not allow a reporter to enter. 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." Colts team president Bill Polian said in a statement the team would withhold comment until it got more information. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is aware of the report and is looking into it. 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 about a half-mile away that is 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.
If this is true then it stands as another example of how public figures can bullshit their public reputation to incredible lengths. Bizarre.
I guess everyone is forgetting when he knocked down a Jets ballboy and then put his hands on his neck. And another incident where he was accused of choking a kid that was trying to get his autograph. I know the lawsuit in the one was dismissed but it does show he is not the laidback guy alot of people seem to think.
These are some of the more well-known guys who would really surprise me if they got into this sort of a mess- Warrick Dunn, Jerricho Cotchery, Chad Pennington, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Matt Hasselbeck, Braylon Edwards, Anquan Boldin, Gary Brackett, Kurt Warner, Patrick Kerney, Jake Delhomme, Muhsin Muhammad, Brian Dawkins, Carson Palmer, Amani Toomer, Joe Jurevicius, John Lynch, Jon Kitna, Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, Jonathan Vilma, Aaron Kampman, Brady Poppinga, A.J. Hawk, David Carr, Dallas Clark, Jeff Saturday, Hines Ward, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Reggie Brown, Brian Waters, Tony Gonzalez, Chris Cooley, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Tamba Hali, Joey Harrington, Kevin Carter, Tony Richardson, Brad Johnson, Tedy Bruschi, Drew Brees, Deuce McAllister, Scott Fujita, Troy Polamalu, Brian Westbrook, Torry Holt, and Derrick Brooks.
Being near Tampa and seeing what he has done around here, Warrick Dunn would also be on the top of my list. With all the good he does I would be shocked if anything ever came up with him.
Yeah, he would maybe be #1 on my good guys list. He was the first guy I thought about and the first guy I listed here, although there was no rhyme or reason to the order in which I listed all those guys. Of all the guys I listed, I'd go with these five as the five who would most surprise me if they got into big trouble- Dunn, Patrick Kerney, Peyton Manning, Chad Pennington, and Kurt Warner.
Does anyone else think it's odd that this much time has gone by and neither Harrison or the Colts organization has done much to debunk his direct involvement with this? Just applying what I know as a PR major (which isn't much BTW) you want to put out these types of fires sooner rather than later and I just have difficulty figuring out why Harrison hasn't held some type of press conference explaining himself. Am I missing something here?
I think she was in a nearby car. Anyone hear Sal Paolantonio on Mike and Mike today? The gun in question, that does belong to Harrison, is supposedly the 5.7 Cop Killer... Supposedly can shoot through 48 layers of Kevlar. So the bar/club is not in a good part of the town, and cops say Harrison usually did a lot of the bouncer work.. searching and confiscating weapons/drugs. Story is just getting weird.
