According to ESPN, the Philadelphia police have enlisted the FBI to help investigate whether the fatal shooting of a convicted drug dealer last July is related to an earlier incident in which the victim claimed that he was shot by former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison.

Dwight Dixon was killed on July 21, 2009, when a gunman approached the driver’s side of his Toyota Camry and fired four times, shot through the back window, and then fired two more times into the passenger side. Video surveillance taken by a camera at a nearby store shows the gunman — wearing a hooded sweatshirt, jeans and white sneakers — fleeing with his head lowered and face obscured. Dixon was struck in the chest, stomach and arm.

The location is a few blocks from a car wash owned by Harrison and down the street from his bar called Playmakers.

Moments after the shooting, Dixon told police who rushed to the scene that he believed the incident was related to an April 2008 assault in the same neighborhood, in which his truck was sprayed with gunfire and he suffered a bullet hole in his left hand.

Dixon, 33, lapsed into a coma before he could be interviewed by police. He died on Sept. 4 from the wounds. The Philadelphia Police Department still considers the case open and active. Read More…