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Boy, 8, Kills Self With Uzi

Accidentally shot firing weapon at gun show

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• Oct. 27, 2008: Charles Bizilj speaks in Ashford, Conn., about his son Christopher, 8, who died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at the Westfield Sportsman's Club in Westfield, Mass.
• Oct. 27, 2008: A brick outside Ashford school in Ashford, Conn., bears the names of brothers Colin and Chris Bizilj. Christopher Bizilj, 8, of Ashford, Conn. died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair held on the premises on Oct. 26, 2008.
• Oct. 27, 2008: The locked aluminum gate, left, is seen at the main entrance to the Westfield Sportman's Club on Furrowton Road in Westfield, Mass. Christopher Bizilj, 8, of Ashford, Conn. died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair held on the premises on Oct. 26, 2008.
• Oct. 27, 2008: Range officer, trustee, and life-member of the Westfield Sportman's Club, Francis Mitchell, fields reporter's questions at the main gate of the facility on Furrotown Road in Westfield, Mass. Christopher Bizilj, 8, of Ashford, Conn. died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair held on the premises on Oct. 26, 2008.
• Oct. 27, 2008: The Bizilj residence in Ashford, Conn. Christopher Bizilj, 8, of Ashford, Conn. died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair held on the premises on Oct. 26, 2008.
• Oct. 27, 2008: Kathy Corran, left, a reporter with WBXZ-TV of Boston observes the news coverage scene in front of the locked gate at the main entrance to the Westfield Sportman's Club on Furrowton Road in Westfield, Mass. Christopher Bizilj, 8, of Ashford, Conn. died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair held on the premises on Oct. 26, 2008.
• Oct. 27, 2008: The locked gate is seen at the main entrance to the Westfield Sportman's Club on Furrowton Road in Westfield, Mass. Christopher Bizilj, 8, of Ashford, Conn. died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair held on the premises on Oct. 26, 2008.
• Oct. 27, 2008: An unidentified man refuses to talk to reporters at the main entrance to the Westfield Sportman's Club on Furrowton Road in Westfield, Mass. Christopher Bizilj, 8, of Ashford, Conn. died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair held on the premises on Oct. 26, 2008.