Last week, or maybe it was longer -- one day just runs into another lately -- we told you about an incident in which a suspected PS3 thief was shot and killed by police sent to his apartment to serve warrants.

Peyton Strickland, 18, was killed when he came to the door carrying a Sixaxis controller from one of the PS3s he was suspected of stealing. Police reportedly mistook the controller for a weapon and opened fire, killing Strickland and his dog.

I and many commenters on the orginal post were quite concerned how a controller could be mistaken for a gun.

Well, apparently the district attorney in Wilmington couldn't answer it either. He presented the case to a grand jury earlier this week in hope of securing second-degree murder charges against one of the deputies involved in the shooting, Chris Long.

Unfortunately, the grand jury didn't see cause and decided not to charge him.

Stories written Monday reported that Long, 34, had been charged, but on Tuesday the foreman of the grand jury contacted press to note that he had mistakenly checked the wrong box on the paperwork and that the grand jury had indeed decided not to charge Long.

This is not the first time this deputy has been in hot water for being quick on the trigger. According to the local NBC affiliate, Long been involved in a previous shooting in which two teens were injured. He was cleared of wrongdoing in that case.

On the plus side, Long did lose his job. Now maybe he has time to use those lightning reflexes for something less lethal -- like, oh, a video game?