On August 25, 2014, 39-year-old Charles Vacca was accidentally shot and killed while instructing a nine-year-old girl in how to shoot a Mini- Uzi. [1] . The accident occurred in Arizona Last Stop gun range (also known as "Bullets and Burgers") in White Hills, Arizona, where Vacca had worked for about 18 months. [2] .

Dec 30, 2024 · DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. — The accidental shooting death of a firing-range instructor by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi has set off a powerful debate over youngsters and guns, with many people wondering what sort of parents would let a child handle a submachine gun.

Sep 2, 2014 · The 9-year-old girl who accidentally shot and killed an Arizona shooting range instructor with an Uzi said that the weapon was "too much for her," according to a police report released Tuesday...

Aug 26, 2014 · Charles Vacca was accidentally shot in the head as he instructed the 9-year-old girl how to fire an Uzi, an Israeli-made 9mm submachine gun. As she pulled the trigger, the gun jumped out of her...

Authorities say a shooting instructor accidentally shot in the head by a 9-year-old girl has died.

Aug 27, 2014 · A nine year-old girl in the US has killed her shooting instructor by accident while being shown how to use a high-powered submachine gun. The instructor was giving the girl a lesson at a...

Aug 28, 2014 · Video released by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona shows a 9-year-old girl firing an Uzi submachine gun next to her instructor before she lost control of it.

The Uzi ( / ˈuːzi / ⓘ; Hebrew: עוזי, romanized: Ūzi; officially cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback -operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel "Uzi" Gal in the late 1940s, shortly after the establishment of the State of Israel.

Aug 26, 2014 · Charles Vacca, 39, died at a hospital after he was shot in the head in an accident at a firing range in White Hills, Ariz. He was showing a 9-year-old girl how to fire an Uzi submachine gun, authorities said.

Aug 26, 2014 · Police identified the weapon as an Uzi, an Israeli-made submachine gun. Cellphone video released by authorities Tuesday shows the moments before the fatal shots were fired, KLAS reported....