Authorities searched the New Jersey home of Plaxico Burress last night and found two guns and the clothes the Giants wide receiver was wearing when he accidentally shot himself in the leg last month, according to multiple reports.
Sources cited in those reports said detectives from the NYPD, officers from the Totowa, N.J., Police Department and investigators from the Manhattan district attorney's office discovered at least two weapons - a 9-mm gun and a loaded rifle - along with ammunition and the clothes from the Nov. 29 incident at the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan. Sources also said that no permits for the weapons were found.
According to one report, Burress was not at home at the time of the search.
Burress faces two felony charges of weapons possession from the shooting incident. The star receiver, who caught the game-winning touchdown pass with 35 seconds left in Super Bowl XLII, was suspended by the Giants for four games and placed on the season-ending non-Football injury list.
The Giants also withheld $1 million owed to him earlier this month as part of his signing bonus, prompting one of two grievances filed by the NFL Players Association.
Burress, who was released on $100,000 bond, is due to return to court to face the gun charges on March 31. If convicted, he could face 3 1/2 years in prison on each charge.
