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Arizona Uzi shooting death ruled accident

A young person runs by the Last Stop outdoor shooting range Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in White Hills, Ariz. Gun range instructor Charles Vacca was accidentally killed Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at the range by a 9-year-old with an Uzi submachine gun. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People are seen at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in White Hills, Ariz. Gun range instructor Charles Vacca was accidentally killed Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at the range by a 9-year-old with an Uzi submachine gun. (AP Photo/John Locher)
In this Aug. 25, 2014 image made from video provided by the Mohave County Sheriff Department, firing-range instructor Charles Vacca, left, shows a 9-year old girl how to use an Uzi. Vacca, 39, was standing next to the girl on Monday at the Last Stop range in Arizona, south of Las Vegas, when the girl squeezed the trigger, causing the Uzi to recoil upward and shoot Vacca in the head. (AP Photo/Mohave County Sheriff Department)
An employee smokes outside of an office for the Last Stop outdoor shooting range Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in White Hills, Ariz. Instructor Charles Vacca was accidentally killed at the range by a 9-year-old with an Uzi submachine gun. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A man closes off an entrance to the Last Stop outdoor shooting range Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in White Hills, Ariz. Gun range instructor Charles Vacca was accidentally killed Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at the range by a 9-year-old with an Uzi submachine gun. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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October 2, 2014 - 11:00 am
 

The Clark County coroner’s office has issued a final ruling in the accidental shooting death of a 39-year-old Arizona gun instructor by a 9-year-old girl using an automatic Uzi.

Coroner Mike Murphy said Thursday that the results of blood toxicology tests didn’t change a preliminary finding that Charles Joseph Vacca Jr.’s death from single gunshot to the head was an accident.

Vacca lived in Lake Havasu, Ariz. He died Aug. 25, shortly after being flown by medical helicopter about 60 miles from the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Ariz., to University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

Police reports say that immediately after the shooting, the girl said she felt the gun was too much for her.

Prosecutors in Arizona aren’t filing criminal charges in the case.

Arizona’s workplace safety agency is investigating the death.

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