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Nov 9, 2009 9:59 pm US/Eastern

Family Of Boy Killed By Uzi Sues Gun Show

SPRINGFIELD (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 2: Christopher Bizilj
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Click to enlarge 2 of 2: Christopher Bizilj, 8, accidentally shot himself in the head at a gun show in Westfield, Mass., on Oct. 26, 2008, while shooting an Uzi for the first time at a gun show.
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The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the weapon and fired into his head.

The family of Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn. says in a civil lawsuit filed Friday that a 15-year-old instructor who cleared the gun and handed it back to the victim failed to provide proper guidance.

The lawsuit targets owners of a gun club where the fair was held, promoters of the event and those who supplied the weapon and ammunition. They could not be reached for comment after business hours Monday.

Bizilj shot himself at the Westfield Sportsman's Club in October 2008.

His family claims that the Uzi was defective and unreasonably dangerous. They blame failure to properly service it.