Alec Baldwin Fired A Prop Gun On Set That Killed The Cinematographer & Critically Injured Director.

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One crew member was killed and another was wounded Thursday after a prop firearm was discharged by Alec Baldwin on the Western movie set of Rust, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department.

Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, was injured when the prop gun was fired by Baldwin, the film’s producer and star. She was transported by helicopter to University of New Mexico Hospital where she was pronounced dead, authorities said.

The second victim was the film’s director, Joel Souza, 48, who was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. He was in critical condition, Juan Ríos, spokesman for the sheriff’s office told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ríos said an active investigation was underway and no charges have been filed.

“According to investigators it appears that the scene being filmed involved the use of a prop firearm when it was discharged,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement. “Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged.”

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Bonanza Creek Ranch set near Santa Fe, N.M., at 1:50 p.m. MST after a 911 call indicated an individual had been shot on set.

A spokesperson from the production said the “accident” involved the misfire of a prop gun with blanks. “Production has been halted for the time being. The safety of our cast and crew remains our top priority,” the statement said.

The film also stars Frances Fisher, Jensen Ackles and Travis Fimmel.

Baldwin stars in the film as infamous Western outlaw Harland Rust. When his estranged grandson is convicted of an accidental murder and sentenced to hang, Rust travels to Kansas to break him out of prison. The two fugitives must then outrun U.S. Marshal Wood Helm and bounty-hunter Fenton ‘Preacher’ Lang.
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Aside from the prop master theres an different weapons master (they only deal with weapons) whose entire job is to make sure this kinda shyt doesn't happen. This is crazy.
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Why would he use live rounds anyway?
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somebody fukked up, it should not have been loaded unless they were shooting something special but even then there would be od safety requirements and checks. Michael Mann has often shot with live rounds (like when you see cars get fukked up in his movies) for instance but has never had any safety issues.
 
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Alec Baldwin buss his gun? :picard:
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Damn this is a tragedy. I remember the movie The Crow. On that set I think the armorer fukked up and let a stand in pull the trigger on a gun loaded with dummy rounds which were supposed to be for show only. (They were filming the front of a revolver to show the tips of the bullets)
In that case someone heard a pop and allegedly there was enough powder to just lodge one of the bullet tips into the barrel of the gun.
Then later in another scene blanks were loaded and the blank charge discharged the lodged bullet.
So much would have to go wrong negligence wise though seemingly for something like this to happen.
Crazy and very sad.
 
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Whomever wrote this article made it seem like it's Alec Baldwin's fault. Did he load the gun? Was he fukking around on set and pointing it at people and shooting?

I don't like the wording of this shyt. I hate clickbait ass articles. He's probably fukked up by this too if he's acting a scene and the prop gun murders folks.
 
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