Former Pelham Police Chief Edward Fleury Found Not Guilty For Gun Show Uzi Death Of 8 Year-Old Christopher Bizilj!!!
A Massachusetts jury has acquitted the organizer of a gun show, former Pelham Police Chief Edward Fleury not guilty on Friday of involuntary manslaughter and other charges in the death of Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn. The charge carried up to 20 years on prison.(Reuters)
Christopher Bizilj, of Ashford, Conn.accidentally shot himself to death firing a 9 mm Micro UZI machine gun at a pumpkin when he lost control of the automatic combat-type weapon and shot himself once in the head.(VIDEO)
He had his father’s permission, Charles Bizilj, to participate in a machine gun shoot at the Westfield Sportsman’s Club that was managed by former police chief Fleury.(Source)
Christopher was attending the event with his brother Colin, a sixth-grader. Bizilj said it was the first time Christopher had fired an automatic weapon.
The accident occurred in 2008.
The 53-year-old Fleury cried and hugged his attorney and his family after the verdicts were read, while several of Christopher’s relatives walked quickly out of the courtroom without commenting.He has vowed never to hold a machine gun shoot ever again, and regrets having held them in the past, due to the death of the child.(Source)
Gun show organizer Edward Fleury.... acquitted
The jury was shown a graphic video of the shooting death of the child, that was taken by his father.(ABC)
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This is fucked.
thejamminjabber - January 17, 2011 at 6:55 pm |
People forget about the strength required to handle these bigger guns kick-back.
jerrybrice - January 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm |
recoil? 😛
sparky - May 4, 2013 at 1:22 am |
How come their only against guns when their own children die from a gun their loving daddy tought them to shoot? Shouldn’t he be buying more guns and teaching his other children how to shoot responsibly? Lock & load
David 265 - May 4, 2013 at 2:44 am |
No he needs to first learn gun safety himself. Then maybe he will realize guns are not toys and should only be handle by those capable of handling them safely.
Kevin Henderson - May 4, 2013 at 11:33 am |
What in God’s name were these people thinking? Does anybody, anybody at all believe that it makes any kind of sense to put a fully automatic weapon in the small hands of an untrained, innocent little sixth grader who would do anything in the world to make his Dad proud of him? I have been shooting all my life, and served in our Armed Forces. No one can accuse me in any way of being an anti gun fanatic. But this just…horrifies me. There are just far too many people out there who seemingly have no brains. No brains at all. I grieve for that child and his entire family.
Paul Laubhan - May 4, 2013 at 2:58 am |
Your point is valid, but let’s be clear. This was NOT a sixth grader using the UZI. It was an 8 year old, meaning he was probably in 2nd or 3rd grade. Disgraceful parenting.
christopehr robin - May 4, 2013 at 4:50 am |
You are so right. The only problem … it was not the sixth grader who died, it was his EIGHT year old brother. How stupid does a person have to be?
Claire Johnson - May 4, 2013 at 12:35 pm |
Another STUPID parent takes his 8 yr child to a gun show and lets him use a UZI that the poor child couldn’t possibly know how to use and shoots himself in the head. When are the parents going to be help accountable for negligence, and endangering a child. by keith
by Keith - May 4, 2013 at 3:17 am |
Do the parents claim ANY responsibility?
James Thompson - May 4, 2013 at 4:17 am |
The wrong person is on trial. Daddy should have never allowed his son to shoot this weapon. The gun performed as it should if only the so called adults had done the same.
Kevin Henderson - May 4, 2013 at 11:28 am |
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah…. and then the madness continues!!!
BB - May 4, 2013 at 2:21 pm |