PHOENIX — An attorney for the parents of a 9-year-old girl who accidentally killed an Arizona shooting range instructor with an Uzi said Tuesday that the family is devastated by the tragedy.

New Jersey-based lawyer Kevin Walsh said the family “prayed day and night that (the instructor) would survive his injury, and they continue to pray for his family during this terribly difficult time.”

The statement came as investigators released police reports involving the Aug. 25 shooting of Charles Vacca at the Last Stop range in White Hills, about 60 miles south of Las Vegas. The reports name the child’s parents as Alex Gen and Alison MacLachlan and don’t list the couple’s hometown.

The reports say that immediately after the shooting, the girl said she felt the gun was too much for her and had hurt her shoulder.

Her family members were focused on the girl because they thought she was injured by the gun’s recoil and didn’t immediately realize that Vacca had been shot until one of his colleagues ran over to him, the reports state.

The shooting set off a powerful debate over youngsters and guns, with many people wondering what sort of parents would let a child handle a submachine gun. Neither the reports nor the statement by Walsh explain why the parents let the girl take the Uzi.

Prosecutors are not filing charges. Arizona’s workplace safety agency is investigating the death.