--- description: 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,"... title: Girl Who Shot Arizona Shooting Range Instructor Said Uzi Was ‘Too Much’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7791a06801ed5c92/6986a1b055a8596c05a82628/uzi-9-year-old.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Girl Who Shot Arizona Shooting Range Instructor Said Uzi Was 'Too Much' by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2014 7:44 PM CUT  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. 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.Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2014 7:44 PM CUT 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… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/girl-who-shot-arizona-shooting-range-instructor-said-uzi-was-n193981?cid=par-time-article%5F20140902 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3258705/girl-who-shot-arizona-shooting-range-instructor-said-uzi-was-too-much/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3258705/girl-who-shot-arizona-shooting-range-instructor-said-uzi-was-too-much/"},"headline":"Girl Who Shot Arizona Shooting Range Instructor Said Uzi Was 'Too Much'","datePublished":"2014-09-02T19:44:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:58:22.200Z","description":"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,\"...","url":"https://time.com/3258705/girl-who-shot-arizona-shooting-range-instructor-said-uzi-was-too-much/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7791a06801ed5c92/6986a1b055a8596c05a82628/uzi-9-year-old.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7791a06801ed5c92/6986a1b055a8596c05a82628/uzi-9-year-old.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"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 ra","caption":"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 ra","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3258705/girl-who-shot-arizona-shooting-range-instructor-said-uzi-was-too-much/","name":"Girl Who Shot Arizona Shooting Range Instructor Said Uzi Was 'Too Much'"}}]}] ```