Marvin Harrison Tells Indianapolis Colts Officials He Wasn't Involved in Shooting

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison has assured members of the team's front office that he was not involved in a shooting last month in his home town of Philadelphia, Mike Chappell of the Indianapolis Star reports.

Chappell reports that Harrison has told both general manager Bill Polian and coach Tony Dungy that he did not shoot at a man he had previously escorted out of the North Philly bar he owns, Playmakers. Owner Jim Irsay also indicated to Chappell that he's prepared to believe Harrison:

"At this point I'm keeping my fingers crossed," he said. "We've done everything we could do in our diligence to try to discern what happened. He said he was not involved in that shooting and . . . the authorities have said there is nothing imminent.

"You hope these things hold up to be true, that there won't be any charges and there wasn't any involvement. Until we hear more, this isn't even a case of innocent until proven guilty because there hasn't been a charge yet."

Police have said they have no suspects in the shooting, but media reports indicate that they have determined that Harrison owns the gun that was shot. Harrison has not spoken publicly since the allegations surfaced.