Marvin Harrison’s accuser dies

Dwight Dixon, who accused former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison last year of shooting him in the hand, died Friday at Hahnemann University Hospital of gunshot wounds he received in another shooting.

Dixon, of West Philadelphia, was shot multiple times July 21 as he sat in the driver's seat of a car in front of a Valu-Plus store in the city's Fairmount section.

Police said an unknown gunman approached Dixon on the 2800 block of Girard Ave. about 11 a.m. and peppered him with bullets from both sides of the car.

Dixon, 33, claimed he had been shot by Harrison during an altercation in April 29, 2008 outside a garage and car wash owned by Harrison at 25th and Thompson Streets in North Philadelphia.

District Attorney Lynn Abraham declined to press charges against Harrison and ended her office's criminal probe of the incident Jan. 6 citing "multiple, mutually exclusive and inherently untrustworthy and false statements" from witnesses.

Later that month, a Philadelphia judge convicted Dixon of lying when he first told police after the shooting that he had been robbed and fired on by street thugs in West Philadelphia.

Harrison, who was released by the Colts in February, has denied any involvement with the shooting. Abraham said shell casings found at the scene came from Harrison's unusual Belgian-made 5.7 mm pistol.