2 SONS OF EAGLES COACH ARE TARGETS OF GUN, DRUG PROBES

PHILADELPHIA -- Two of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid's sons are
under investigation - one for suspicion of pointing a gun at a
motorist, the other for a car accident just hours later, after which
police said he admitted using heroin.

Britt Reid was questioned by police after a man matching his
description in a sport-utility vehicle registered to Andy Reid and
his wife brandished a weapon at another driver during an argument
Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Authorities served a search warrant later Tuesday at the home the
21-year-old shares with his parents in suburban Philadelphia. Police
said they seized a shotgun and a handgun, along with containers of
white powder or residue from the vehicle.

No charges have been filed, but police gave the following account of
the incident:

A man matching Britt Reid's description got out of a sport-utility
vehicle and yelled at another motorist, then returned to his SUV and
pulled out a handgun. He then pointed the gun directly at the other
driver, smiled and took off, but the other motorist took down his
license plate number.

From the vehicle, police recovered a shotgun, ammunition, a
container holding eight clear baggies with white residue, a container
with white powder, four small white pills, and a pharmacy bottle
holding a green leafy substance, according to a list obtained by The
Associated Press.

A pistol and ammunition were also seized from the house.

Andy Reid was on vacation and not at home at the time of the search.
He returned home Wednesday.

On the same day as the alleged road-rage incident, Britt Reid's older
brother, Garrett, was found with drug paraphernalia after his
sport-utility vehicle collided with another vehicle in nearby
Plymouth Township, police said.

According to a police affidavit obtained by WPVI-TV, a Plymouth
Township police officer observed a triple beam scale and the butt of
a handgun in the SUV Garrett Reid had been driving.

Officers detained Garrett Reid and recovered two used hypodermic
needles and a knife. One officer said Reid was unable to follow
simple directions or understand what was told to him.

In a statement to police, the 23-year-old Garrett Reid said he had
used heroin earlier in the day, admitted he was speeding at the time
of the accident and said he did not know what color the traffic light
was when he went through the intersection, according to the affidavit.

Police requested a search warrant for the SUV, but it was not
immediately clear if investigators had executed the warrant.

Police said Thursday that Garrett Reid was taken to a hospital for
toxicology tests, but the results were not yet available. The case
remains under investigation, and no charges have been filed.

Andy Reid didn't have any immediate comment on the incidents, Eagles
spokesman Derek Boyko said.

William J. Winning, a lawyer representing Garrett and Britt Reid,
released a statement in which he declined to comment on the specifics
of the investigations.

"We are fully cooperating with law enforcement officials in that
regard and will continue to do so," Winning said. "Until these
matters are resolved, however, neither the Reid family or I will have
any further comment and we ask that the privacy of the Reid family be
respected."

Prosecutors said Thursday they couldn't comment on the investigations.