A 9-year-old girl learning to fire a Uzi submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range in Arizona when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, US authorities said on Wednesday.
The instructor, 39-year-old Charles Vacca, died at a hospital on Monday night after he was shot in the head. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said the girl was with her parents. The website of Bullets and Burgers, the shooting range where the accident happened, says children between the ages of 8 and 17 can shoot a weapon if accompanied by a parent or guardian. Police identified the weapon as an Uzi, an Israeli-made submachine gun, CNN reported.