Eight Year Old Boy Dies after Accidently Shoot Himself in the Head

In Westfield, Massachusetts an eight year old boy died when he accidently shoot himself in the head with an Uzi submachine gun. The incident happen last Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club. The boy was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon down range when the force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury," a police statement said. The police are calling the accident a “self-inflicted accidental shooting." The boy was then taken to the Baystate Medical Center where he died and his name is not going to be released. On the web site of the gun club it says that the event is in conjunction with C.O.P. Firearms and Training, is "all legal and fun."