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Dad Stood Behind 8yr-old as He Fired Uzi, Killed Himself at US Fun Day
27 October 2008
Republican (Massachusetts) / Boston Globe / AP
WESTFIELD, Massachusetts — An 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself to death Sunday had his father's permission to participate in a machine gun shoot at the Westfield Sportsman's Club.
Christopher Bizilj, of Ashford, Conn., was firing a 9 mm Micro UZI machine gun at a pumpkin around 2 p.m. when he lost control of the automatic combat-type weapon and shot himself once in the head.
He died at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
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