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Continuing investigation Man claims Iverson had gun during incidentPosted: Tuesday July 09, 2002 7:27 PMUpdated: Tuesday July 09, 2002 9:19 PM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Allen Iverson had a gun when he forced his way inside an apartment last week and threatened two men, one of the men said Tuesday. Iverson has not been charged with a crime. Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said authorities are still trying to determine whether a gun was involved. Charles Jones, 21, met with police Tuesday and told reporters the Philadelphia 76ers All-Star threatened him and another man in the early morning hours of July 3. Iverson, accompanied by another man, reportedly went to an apartment complex before dawn to look for Iverson's wife, Tawanna, and cousin, Shaun Bowman, who lives there. Neither was there, said Jones, who has lived in the apartment since March. Jones declined to reveal what Iverson said or how he threatened him. Jones said Iverson had a black handgun but did not brandish it. Johnson told KYW-AM that Iverson allegedly had the gun inside his waistband. But Johnson noted, "A bulge could be anything." Jones insisted he saw a gun. "I'm positive it was," he said. Iverson's attorney, Tom Shuttleworth, declined comment Tuesday. Another Iverson attorney, Lawrence Woodward Jr., met with police on Monday. "It's inappropriate for a lawyer to comment about a pending investigation. We have confidence in the legal system and we're going to let the process run its course," Shuttleworth, of Virginia Beach, Va., said Tuesday. Iverson has not commented publicly, and no one answered the intercom Tuesday outside his suburban Philadelphia mansion. Iverson, 27, the NBA MVP in 2001, led the NBA in scoring during the regular season, averaging 31.4 points. A three-time All-Star, he led the 76ers to the NBA Finals in 2001, their first appearance in 18 years. In 1997, Iverson pleaded no contest to a gun charge after police in Richmond, Va., stopped a car in which he was a passenger and found a gun belonging to Iverson and two marijuana cigarettes. He pleaded no contest to the gun charge, and a marijuana-possession charge was dropped. He was sentenced to probation. |
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