Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally kills a woman while filming a movie in New Mexico
Actor Alec Baldwin at a film festival in New York on October 7, 2021.
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A film’s cinematographer was killed and the film’s director was injured Thursday afternoon when actor Alec Baldwin, who stars in the production, fired a prop firearm on a film set in New Mexico. authorities said.
Halyna hutchins, 42, died and Joel souza, 48, was injured around 1:50 pm on the set of “Rust,” a “west” that is being filmed in Santa Fe County, he said. Juan Rios, spokesman for the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. The circumstances of the shooting are under investigation.
Rios said the shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch occurred in the middle of a scene that was being rehearsed or filmed. And that the Sheriff’s Office was interviewing people on set to determine how the two had been shot, according to The New York Times.
A source close to the investigation said that Baldwin, 63, was questioned by investigators Thursday night and was seen crying. by a reporter and photographer from Santa Fe New Mexico, according that medium.
Investigators are still trying to determine if the incident was an accident, Juan RÃos said. No charges have been filed and the investigation is open, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s spokesman wrote in a news release.
The prop gun was fired at Bonanza Creek Ranch, where it was being filmed, the Sheriff’s office said in an afternoon news release.
Halyna hutchins died of her injuries after she was flown to the University of New Mexico Hospital, according to the Sheriff’s office.
Joel souza he was taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where he is receiving emergency care, the sheriff’s office said. Attempts to obtain comment from Baldwin were unsuccessful.
“We received the devastating news tonight that one of our members, Halyna Hutchins, director of photography for a production called ‘Rust’ in New Mexico, died of injuries sustained on set,” said the president of International Cinematographers. Guild Local 600, John lindley, and Rebecca rhine, the executive director, in a statement, Variety reported. “Details are not clear at this time, but we are working to obtain more information and we support a full investigation into this tragic event. This is a terrible loss, and we mourn the passing of a family member of our guild. “
Sheriffs are investigating how the accident occurred and “what type of projectile was discharged,” the sheriff’s office said in an earlier news release.
Filming for the movie Rust was to continue through early November, according to a press release from the New Mexico Film Office.
Other deaths in previous film productions have been blamed on prop firearms that were fired with blanks or blanks.
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