How was the tragic moment when Alec Baldwin killed a member of the crew from the movie “Rust”

During the filming of the movie “Rust”, In New Mexico, the actor Alec baldawin He fired a prop gun with which he killed a woman and injured a second while filming a shooting.

At 1:50 p.m. on Thursday, authorities went to the area of ​​the events to verify the report of a firearm detonation and injuries during the recording of a movie.

It is understood that the tragic events occurred while filming a shooting scene; therefore, someone was required to fire a weapon as part of the action.

However, this prop pistol was believed to be loaded with salvoes, but when Alec Baldwin wielded it and pulled the trigger as part of the simulation, a detonation fired as yet unknown projectiles that hit two people on set; International media assured that they were possibly real bullets.

The people who were injured during this event were Halyna Hutchins, who served as director of photography, and Joel Souza, director of the film.

According to the American media NPR, It is still unknown what type of projectile it was that injured Hutchins and Souza, although investigations continue.

This was how a spokesperson for the Rust Movie Productions LLC production, in an interview with Deadline, said that “there was an accident on the set in New Mexico that involved the misfire of a prop pistol.”

It is not clear if the person who loaded the gun placed bullets inside by mistake or if it was something else that got lodged in the canyon that hit both the director and the cinematographer.

Hutchins, 42, was airlifted by helicopter to the University of New Mexico Hospital, where medical staff pronounced her dead. While Souza, 48, was transported by ambulance to the regional medical center Christus St. Vincent, where he is receiving treatment for his injuries.

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.

This is not the first time a pistol has caused a death on set. The actor Jon-Erik Hexum was assassinated on October 18, 1984 on the set of the series of TV Cover Up when he accidentally shot himself in the head with a pistol loaded with spotlights. And in 1993, Brandon lee, the son of the martial arts legend Bruce Lee, died after a piece of bullet lodged in his spine by a prop pistol fired by another actor on the set of The Crow. It was determined that both incidents were accidents.

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