Need help with a flash game

Hi, right now im making my first game which is basicly a simple first person shooter.
In that game you have a gun which shoots a character that moves back and forth on the screen.
Well, It worked all fine until i got to the part when the character is supposed to die when its shot. The problem is that I cant make the drawing of the dead character appear in the same spot where the one who was alive and moving was.
I tryed some codes that didnt appear to work, like:

DeadChar._x = AliveChar._x;

or some variations similiar to that.
I will appreciate any help on this one. =]

how about putting the dead pic on frame 2 of the person?

if(bullet_mc.hitTest(_root.AliveChar)){
_root.AliveChar.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

pretty sure my hitTest's wrong though, never used it.

No, it doesnt help... the dead char still needs to appear in the same place where the alive char was (even in mid movement)

It would be good to post any of your code here , or even better you file ;)

errr... it doesnt let me delete this reply...

heres the .fla example of the game.
I made it the same as i made the game so it should do... xD

Here is , i have animated it with Action not with tween ... And onPress that char , its speed will be 0 and it will got to frame 2 ;)

I hope you like it ...

Any question is welcomed :)

Wow, thanks, it was great xDxDxD
helped me a lot... ^^^
lol... im still a newb in this but im getting the idea ^_^

I am sure , that if you want to learn it , you WILL learn ;)

Well, this really helped me... but i got another problem...
when i want to make another character to move on the screen simultaniously with the first one only one of them moves...
All I tryed is simply duplicating the code and modifying it for the characters but it doesnt work.
any ideas for this one? :p