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A shooting instructor has died after he was shot in the head by a nine-year-old girl with an automatic uzi gun.

Charles Vacca, 39, was gunned down accidentally by the young girl at an outdoor shooting range where she was having a lesson.

It is believed that he was standing next to her when she could not control the recoil and a bullet hit him in the head.

The incident happened in Dolan Springs, Mohave County, Arizona, and he was airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he died on Monday evening.

A spokesman for Mohave County Sheriff's Office told BNO Wire: "Vacca was standing next to the girl while he was instructing her how to use the weapon when the accident happened.

"Further investitaions determined [that when] the girl pulled the trigger on the automatic Uzi, the recoil sent the gun over her head, and the victim was shot."

The girl was not injured in the incident and she was on holiday with her parents.

Gun laws for Arizona state that people must be 18 to carry a firearm.

However, they can carry them if accompanied by a parent or qualified shooting instructor.