Marvin Harrison Faces Civil Suit For Shooting | Indianapolis Colts
Last spring, Marvin Harrison was accused of shooting man while back home in his native Philadelphia. There was a swarm of coverage for a few weeks, which later died off when the Philadelphia District Attorney declined to press criminal charges against the Colts wide receiver. As the 2008 NFL season approached, there was more controversy swirling around the status of Marvin Harrison’s ability to come back from age and injury to be a productive cog in the Colts’ offensive active attack than whether or not he was, in fact, the shooter in the crime in question.
The story of Marvin Harrison and the Philadelphia shooting just got fresh legs.
According to to Philly.com, the victim of the shooting has filed a civil lawsuit against Marvin Harrison. Furthermore, just because criminal charges have not yet been filed does not necessarily mean that they will not be forthcoming at some point in the future. According to the Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney, the case is still considered open. (In related news, Peyton Manning claims that while the criminal investigation into Marvin Harrison the potential shooter is still open, Manning’s own field investigation into Marvin Harrison the wide receiver has concluded that he is not open; at least not as much as he used to be.)
The victim in question is a man named Dwight Dixon. He reportedly would not identify Marvin Harrison as the shooter initially, which contributed to the District Attorney’s hesitance to file criminal charges; however, has now come forward with the accusations that are the basis for the civil suit, which claim that Harrison was the shooter. Apparently Dwight Dixon is just as decisive as Peyton Manning at the line of scrimmage. (I will now force myself to stop making lame and cliched Peyton Manning jokes.)
According to the facts that have been gathered thus far by the Philly D.A., the following is known to have occurred regarding the involvement of Marvin Harrison in the events leading up to and surrounding the shooting of Dwight Dixon (quoting Philly.com explicitly):
