Philly police confiscated Marvin Harrison' gun following a traffic stop on Wednesday.
Philadelphia police confiscated a 9 mm handgun from former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison on Wednesday and plan to run tests to see if it is the same gun used in a 2008 shooting that left three people injured.
Police stopped Harrison’s Cadillac Escalade around 5 p.m. Wednesday evening for driving the wrong way down a one way street.
The patrolman then observed the former Pro Bowl wide receiver placing what appeared to be a weapon in the seat console according to Shaun Assael of ESPN The Magazine.
Harrison denied having a weapon in the car despite producing a permit to carry it. The officer then had probable cause to search the car, at which point he found the weapon.
Because Harrison was previously labeled as a “person of interest” in the 2008 shooting, police seized the weapon and will test it against three shell casings found in a truck driven by Dwight Dixon.
Adding more of a Law & Order twist to the plot is the fact that Dixon was victim in that shooting, having been wounded in the hand. He was later killed in another shooting that remains unsolved.
Police questioned Harrison at the special investigations unit Wednesday evening, but released him later that night.
For his part, the former NFL great denies having any role in the 2008 shooting.