Nine year old girl kills her shooting instructor while firing an Uzi

Carlos Vacca, 39, with his pupil

Arizona, Phoenix .- A nine year old girl has
accidentally killed her shooting instructor
while he taught her to use a Uzi sub-machine
gun. The instructor, Carlos Vacca, 39 years of
age, was teaching the girl how to use the
automatic weapon on Monday the 25th of
August at the shooting field.

The girl opened fire at a black-silhouette
target, the recoil wrenched the full automatic
weapon upwards, shooting the instructor in the
head. He was immediately airlifted to hospital
where he was declared deceased on Monday night.

In 2008 and eight year old boy, Christopher Bizilj, accidentally shot himself with an Uzi sub-machine gun at a Massachusets gun expo. 7,000 American children are injured by guns each year in USA.

The Arizona gun range where the incident took place is said to have been reviewing it's policies and is considering raising the age limit and imposing height and weight requirements.

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