![]() ![]() Vacca was airlifted to a medical center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he died from injuries later that night. The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to the incident around 10am on Monday. The sheriff’s office said in an email to the Guardian that they are not providing any more information than has already been released at this time. Vacca was shot at least once in the head. Investigators said that when the girl pulled the trigger on the automatic Uzi, the recoil sent the gun over her head. ![]() Full auto.” She fires several rounds rapidly, and the video cuts. Then he switches the settings from “single-shot” to “fully automatic”, and shouts: “Alright. She fires once, hitting the dirt beside the target. Before she shoots, Vacca adjusts her stance, and places one of his hands under the gun and the other behind the girl’s back. The video shows a raven-haired girl wearing hot pink shorts and ear muffs gripping the Uzi in her hands as she takes aim at a silhouette target. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office released a video of the incident apparently captured on a phone by the girl’s parents, which it provided to the Guardian. While the incident is under investigation, Scarmardo said children are currently prohibited from shooting at the range. Deputies said the nine-year-old girl was at the shooting range with her parents. Some packages listed on the Last Stop website require children to be at least eight years old and stipulate that minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times.Īrizona law prohibits minors from possessing a firearm unless they are accompanied by a parent, guardian or an instructor, among other exceptions. He would not talk about the range’s current policy on minors firing guns, but said it followed the law and was in step with other shooting ranges in the area. Scarmardo would not comment or confirm specific details of the incident. The girl, whose name has not been released, was visiting the range with her parents from New Jersey. Scarmardo said Vacca, who served in the Army, had worked at the Last Stop gun range for a year and a half. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital in Nevada where he died from his injuries on Monday night. Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies said Charles Vacca, 39, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was shot at least once in the head on Monday while training the girl how to fire the gun. “In 13 years we’ve never handed out a Bandaid to anyone let alone have something like this happen” he said. 22 rifles in our youth safety classes,” he said. “We train kids as young as 5 years old on the use of single shot. ![]()
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