![Firing-Range Instructor Shot Dead In this video screen capture provided by Mohave County, firing-range instructor Charles Vacca, 39, is seen assisting a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi seconds before the weapon recoiled upwards shooting Vacca in the head, at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range onAug. 25, 2014 in White Hills, Arizona.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/uzi-9-year-old.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
By NBC News
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.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office incident report, which redacts the name of the girl as well as a brother and sister, notes that in the immediate aftermath of the shooting on August 25, the family did not realize the instructor Charles Vacca, 39, was fatally wounded…
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