By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
Tragedy hit the family of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham Tuesday when Randall's two-year-old son, Christian drowned in a hot tub in the backyard of the NFL stars Las Vegas home.
Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Dennis Flynn told the Associated Press that the drowning was a tragic accident.
The child was found in the hot tub sometime after 4:30 p.m. by an unidentified female in the Cunningham home. She attempted to resuscitate the child but was not successful. The woman called 911 at 4:45, paramedics arrived and the child was transported to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus, where he was pronounced dead.
Police spokespeople have told the Associated Press that there is an open investigation into the child's death, though no foul play or neglect is suspected.
Cunningham, 47, who is an ordained minister in Las Vegas, has not made a public statement at this time, but a family friend told ABC News, about 100 people came to the Cunningham home after learning of the child's death to grieve, pray and sing with the family. Cunningham is the pastor of Remnant Ministries, a church he founded in 2004. The same hot tub where his son drowned, is the same hot tub where the minister allegedly performed baptisms.
The family friend described Christian Cunningham as an active child who was so full of life.
"He was always running around, smiling and giving everybody hugs and jumping on their laps. He was not only the Cunningham child, he was also the church's child. He trusted everybody," the family friend told ABC News.
Cunningham, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, and Baltimore Ravens, was the recipient of the Bert Bell Award in 1990.
Cunningham and his wife, Felicity, have three other children: Randall II, Vashti and Grace.
The Black Urban Times
Tragedy hit the family of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham Tuesday when Randall's two-year-old son, Christian drowned in a hot tub in the backyard of the NFL stars Las Vegas home.
Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Dennis Flynn told the Associated Press that the drowning was a tragic accident.
The child was found in the hot tub sometime after 4:30 p.m. by an unidentified female in the Cunningham home. She attempted to resuscitate the child but was not successful. The woman called 911 at 4:45, paramedics arrived and the child was transported to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus, where he was pronounced dead.
Police spokespeople have told the Associated Press that there is an open investigation into the child's death, though no foul play or neglect is suspected.
Cunningham, 47, who is an ordained minister in Las Vegas, has not made a public statement at this time, but a family friend told ABC News, about 100 people came to the Cunningham home after learning of the child's death to grieve, pray and sing with the family. Cunningham is the pastor of Remnant Ministries, a church he founded in 2004. The same hot tub where his son drowned, is the same hot tub where the minister allegedly performed baptisms.
The family friend described Christian Cunningham as an active child who was so full of life.
"He was always running around, smiling and giving everybody hugs and jumping on their laps. He was not only the Cunningham child, he was also the church's child. He trusted everybody," the family friend told ABC News.
Cunningham, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, and Baltimore Ravens, was the recipient of the Bert Bell Award in 1990.
Cunningham and his wife, Felicity, have three other children: Randall II, Vashti and Grace.
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