A local police chief and a gun club are being held responsible for the death of an eight year old Connecticut boy. The Hampden County District Attorney's office announced indictments against Pelham Chief Edward Fleury and the Westfield Sportsmen's Club for the October 26 death of Christopher Bizilj. Bizilj was attending the annual Machine Gun Shoot when he lost control of the Micro Uzi he was using, shooting himself in the head.

YouTube video clearly shows that it was not only 8 year old Christopher Bizilj who was allowed to fire fully automatic weapons at the Machine Gun Shoot at Westfield Sportsmen's Club in October. Thursday the club, as well as Pelham Police Chief Edward Fleury, were indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and four counts of furnishing a machine gun to a minor.

"Chapter 140, Section 130 makes no exception that would allow a machine gun to be furnished to an eight year old at a club or anywhere else," says Hampden County District Attorney William Bennett.

Fleury's company advertised the event as legal and fun. It offered free admission to children under the age of 16, and promised that all kids would be supervised by a certified instructor, but for Christopher that was not the case.

"He was supervised at that time by a young man who was knowledgeable about firearms, but was himself only 15 years old," says Bennett. "He was not a licensed instructor."

No specific member of the Westfield Sportsmen's Club is listed in the indictments, the district attorney says because they charged admission the club itself can be punished.

"Although the club can not be punished by any type of jail, it can be fined and the statute allows for significant fines," says Bennett.

During the investigation the DA's office also looked at charging the boy's father, who chose the Micro Uzi the boy was firing. It was one of the smaller guns available at the event, but because it can fire 20 to 25 rounds a second the weapon is much harder to handle.

"He did not realize that it's small size actually made it more dangerous," says Bennett. "The father will be punished everyday for the rest of his life because of what happened. Therefore I think it's appropriate not to pursue criminal charges against the father."

Two Connecticut men were also charged with involuntary manslaughter for giving Fleury the guns used at the shoot, but the DA says he did not include other charges because these men had no reason not to believe Fleury when he said it was a legal event. No arraignments have been scheduled for any of the people charged.