Alec Baldwin spoke after the terrible accident in which Halyna Hutchins died: “My heart is broken”

Actor and producer Alec baldwin regretted this afternoon the tragic accident that had him as the protagonist during the filming of Rust, where he fired a loaded gun and mortally wounded Halyna hutchins, the film’s director of photography. The event occurred in the Santa Fe County, New Mexico and is being investigated by the Sheriff’s Office. “My heart is broken”, He synthesized Baldwin in a brief statement that he issued on social networks.

“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness over the tragic accident that has claimed the life of Halyna Hutchins, deeply admired wife, mother and colleague.“, Said the 63-year-old actor in his account Twitter. “I am fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in contact with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, her son and everyone who knew and loved Halyna”, He concluded Baldwin.

Hutchins, 42, died shortly thereafter in a Santa Fe hospital, to which she was rushed in a helicopter, according to local media information. For its part, Joel souza, the director who was also injured during the accident, spent several hours in the health center, but was discharged that same night. The commotion is absolute in Hollywood.

After the accident occurred, the witnesses indicated that the distress in Baldwin it was automatic, unable to believe the nightmare he was living and what had happened. “Why did they give me a ready-to-fire pistol ?! Why did they give me a ready-to-fire pistol ?!”, Repeated desperately over and over again the experienced actor after having detonated the weapon that killed Hutchins.

Baldwin’s lament still echoes on the film set of Rust, where the tragedy that moves Hollywood unleashed this Thursday just past noon. According to the American media NPR, It is still unknown what type of projectile it was that injured Hutchins and Souza, although investigations continue.

A spokesperson for the film’s production company assured that only blank bullets, but the police authorities have not yet confirmed it. It is unclear if Baldwin fired a single shot, or if others had been fired before for sure.

According to information from The Santa Fe New Mexican, several people saw Baldwin, 63, outside the sheriff’s office headquarters distraught and crying as he spoke on the phone. “Production has been discontinued for now. The safety of our cast and crew is our highest priority ”, The film’s co-producer Baldwin’s team reported, quoted by KOB television.

“Rust” is a movie that is set in the 1880s, in it Alec Baldwin plays the role of Harland Rust, a man who escapes the law with his 13-year-old grandson who is accused of involuntary manslaughter, a crime for which he is sentenced to hang. Faced with this, Rust travels to Kansas to get him out of prison. Together, the two fugitives must outrun legendary US quarterback Wood Helm and bounty hunter Fenton “Preacher” Lang, who are behind them.

The lethal weapon

It will probably be the most anticipated investigation in show business: what were the possible negligence that ended up killing the cinematographer of the movie “Rust”, Halyna hutchins, 42, and wounding the director of the film, Joel souza? The actor’s fans Baldwin They fell silent on Thursday when they learned that he was involved in the death of Hutchins. As reported before midnight, the protagonist of other films such as “Falling in love with my ex”He had fired a prop gun while filming his last tape and the shot, which must have been a blank, turned out to be real.

In this case, the authorities of Santa Fe, New Mexico —Where the film was filmed— disclosed that the prop gun it would be used in a scene in which Baldwin had to pull the trigger. But why are these weapons (seemingly harmless) as dangerous as the real ones?

There are several types of support weapons, one of them is the so-called blank pistol built in metal, with moving parts, capable of firing Salvage cartridges -cartridge that, although it has gunpowder, lacks a projectile-. The gun will fire and the slide will rotate; the spent cartridge is ejected similar to a real firearm. Shooting at close range can cause serious injury.

There are also blank firearms, what are those real and functional They have been minimally modified to fire blank cartridges. These contain gunpowder, but they don’t shoot projectiles or bullets. They are used for scenes that require a credible and loud flash. They can be expensive and dangerous.

The function pistols are essentially weapons of highly detailed toy replicas. They look and feel like real guns and can be loaded with realistic looking brass bullets, but they don’t shoot. These are generally used for scenes that do not require triggering.

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