Police investigators have confirmed the hot tub drowning death of the 2-year-old son of famed former NFL Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham.
The child, Christian, is the youngest of Cunningham's four children. He died Tuesday afternoon, after wandering in to his backyard and falling in to the hot tub. He was found floating in the water behind Cunningham's Las Vegas home.
A woman at Cunningham's house was with several children, when she found the boy at around 4:30 p.m. Reportedly, she removed the child from the hot tub and began performing CPR but was unsuccessful. Paramedics took the boy to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus in Henderson, Nevada, where he was pronounced dead.
Abuse and neglect detectives were investigating the incident and determined that no charges will be filed against Cunningham and his wife, Felicity. The investigators have categorized the unfortunate incident as an accident.
Cunningham, who was a quarterback on four NFL teams, was a celebrated player with the Eagles and then the Minnesota Vikings. He retired in 2002 and eventually decided to answer a call of a more divine order.
The former gridiron star became a non-denominational, multicultural fellowship pastor and was ordained in 2004. Later that year, he opened Remnant Ministries. Ironically, the hot tub in the backyard was used to perform baptisms. Our deepest condolences go out to Cunningham and his family.