Girl mistakes gun for Wii controller

http://allaboutthegames.co.uk/feature_story.php?headline=Girl-mistakes-gun-for-Wii-controller---kills-herself-News&article_id=10318

Fatal shot to abdomen

Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan, a Tennessee girl, aged 3, accidentally killed herself on Sunday night, according to local police in Wilson County. The incident allegedly occurred after she mistook a gun for a Wii controller.

Investigators claim that the girl's stepfather, Douglas Cronberger, had left a semi-automatic weapon on the living room table, and that the child had mistaken it for a Nintendo Wii controller. The child is then said to have fatally shot herself in the abdomen. She was rushed to hospital, but pronounced dead the same night.


Pictured: Genuine gun on top, compared to Wii peripheral on bottom (WSMV)

The stepfather claims he was asleep at the time of the incident, according to authorities. The stepfather also claims the child's mother, Tina Ann Cronberger, was in the room with the child at the time of the incident.

The mother has told authorities the girl might have thought she was playing with a Nintendo Wii controller that resembled a gun. According to the stepfather, the gun was out because he had heard a prowler and gotten the gun out earlier that evening. He then left the gun on the table in the living room. The gun is apparently a .380 caliber semi automatic handgun.

The child had been playing a Wii game. The game’s controller, according to authorities, was shaped like a gun that looked very similar to the real handgun. The authorities claim the girl "pulled the gun off the table and it went off."

No charges have been filed in the case.

We advise parents concerned about their child's safety regarding Wii hardware to consult Nintendo's Wii safety page.

wow that is really sad.

On that note I don't know where to start on this article, so many things wrong. I am just going to ask one question, why was there a loaded gun on a coffee table in the residence of a 3 year old????

Wow, o.O God bless.

How powerful are wii these day.
o.O
Really, I just hate kid dying in front of me these day. =.=''

That really sucks. For one thing I don't know why the Wii gun is black when the rest of their hardware is mostly white...additionally, what was the step-father doing with a loaded gun on the coffee table in reach of the girl, loaded and with the safety off? People that stupid should not have been given a gun license, on top of that the irresponsible mother was in the SAME ROOM at the time it happened. In my opinion I call "hax".