According to Sky news, Police
have released footage of the moments before a nine-year-old girl accidentally
shot and killed a shooting instructor who was teaching her to use an automatic
Uzi submachine gun.
Charles Vacca was shot in
the head on Monday at an outdoor shooting range in Dolan Springs, in north
Arizona.
The 39-year-old was
airlifted to University Medical Centre in Las Vegas but died shortly
afterwards.
Mr Vacca was standing next
to the girl at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills when she
pulled the trigger and the recoil sent the weapon over her head, investigators
said.
The footage, reportedly
filmed by the girl's parents, shows Mr Vacca helping the girl hold the gun,
adjust her stance and then fire a single shot.
His last words to her are:
"Alright, full auto."
It is not known if the range
has an age limit on shooting or if the girl, who has not been named, had been
through a safety class.
The youngster was on
holiday from New Jersey with her parents.
Mohave County Sheriff Jim
McCabe told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the video was "ghastly".
Firearms safety expert
Ronald Scott said most ranges have an age limit and strict safety rules when
teaching children how to shoot.
Instructors usually have
their hands on guns when children are firing high-powered weapons, he said.
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