American actor Alec Baldwin is the author of a pistol shot that killed the director of photography and injured the director of the film he is co-producing and currently filming in the State of New Mexico in the United States. -United, informed, Thursday, October 21, the American police.
Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza “Were shot and wounded when Alec Baldwin unloaded a gun used for filming” from the movie Rust the Santa Fe Sheriff said in a statement.
Halyna Hutchins, 42, was evacuated by helicopter to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead by medics.
Director Joel Souza, 48, has been admitted to intensive care. According to a spokesperson for the sheriff quoted by The Hollywood Reporter, it is in a ” critical state “. According to the specialized media, citing a spokesperson for the production, it is a ” accident “ involving an accessory to be blank loaded.
The investigation continued Thursday evening with the hearing of witnesses by the police and no prosecution has been initiated at this stage, the statement said. Earlier, the sheriff’s services had indicated that the incident appeared to be related to a weapon used as an accessory on the set and that “The investigators are trying to find out what type of projectile was fired” and under what circumstances.
Filming site closed
The filming site, Bonanza Creek Ranch, which is used extensively in westerns, was cordoned off Thursday afternoon, according to local media.
63-year-old Alec Baldwin has made himself particularly popular in the United States in recent years by his imitations of Donald Trump in the famous satirical show Saturday Night Live.
Rust is a western written and directed by Joel Souza, starring Alec Baldwin as co-producer and as outlaw Harland Rust, who comes to the aid of his 13-year-old grandson sentenced to be hanged for murder . A photo posted Thursday morning on the artist’s Instagram account seems to show it at the shooting locations of Rust, in which also takes part the Australian Travis Fimmel, famous for his role of Ragnar Lothbrok in the series Vikings.
In March 1993, actor Brandon Lee died on the set of the film The Crow after being shot in the stomach.
The weapon used to fire during a scene at the then 27-year-old son of martial arts star Bruce Lee was believed to contain only blank bullets. But the autopsy revealed that he had been hit by a .44 caliber projectile that got stuck in the barrel and dislodged by the detonation of the blank cartridge. The prosecutor in charge of the investigation had concluded that “Negligence”.