US | guns Cop Charged in Boy's Death at Mass. Gun Show 8-year-old accidentally shot himself with Uzi as father looked on By Matt Cantor Posted Dec 5, 2008 6:36 AM CST Copied Hampden County, Mass., district attorney William M. Bennett, left, speaks at a news conference Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in Springfield, Mass., where the indictments were announced. (AP Photo/Dave Roback) See 1 more photo A Massachusetts police chief was indicted after an 8-year-old accidentally killed himself at a gun show the officer helped sponsor, Reuters reports. The boy mistakenly shot himself in the head with an Uzi as his father looked on with a camera. The policeman was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and furnishing a machine gun to a minor; the sports-club site of the show and two men who supplied the gun were also indicted. The Uzi “is not a hunting weapon. It has a rate of fire of 1,700 rounds per minute,” said the district attorney. Read These Next Ukraine claims world's longest sniper kill. JD Vance is Gavin Newsom's latest online target. Most likely outcomes in Ukraine emerge. Unemployment among young people is causing some to get creative. See 1 more photo Report an error