Indianapolis Colts team owner Jim Irsay is taking veteran wide receiver Marvin Harrison at his word.

Harrison recently told Irsay, team president Bill Polian and head coach Tony Dungy that he was not involved in a recent Philadelphia shooting incident.

For now, that's enough for Irsay. Still, he is quite aware of public perception. That said, he will take a cautious approach and wait for all the facts to come out.

"We look at everything seriously if we have an incident with any of our players. At the same time we want to make sure that we know what the facts are," Irsay said.

He added that the Colts' security staff had been in contact with NFL security in Philadelphia and with the city's police department. ...More