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| Former Pelham, Mass., Police Chief Edward Fleury was found not guilty today in a trial related to the in accidental Uzi death of 8-year-old Conn. boy. |
SPRINGFIELD — A Massachusetts jury has acquitted a gun fair organizer of manslaughter in the 2008 death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi submachine gun.
A Hampden Superior Court jury found 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.
A prosecutor argued Fleury was criminally reckless in running a gun fair at the Westfield Sportsman’s Club west of Springfield because he allowed children to shoot machine guns under the supervision of an unlicensed and uncertified teenager.
Fleury’s lawyer denied he was reckless and noted Christopher’s father signed a liability waiver.
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