An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show. “Cold gun,” the assistant director announced, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court. Instead, the gun was loaded with live rounds,
Hollywood star Alec Baldwin said Friday his "heart is broken" after he fatally shot a cinematographer with a prop gun he had been told was safe on the set of a Western about an accidental killing. The US actor and producer said he was "fully cooperating" with a police investigation, as law enforcement officials carried out a search warrant, and reports
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alec Baldwin was handed what was described as a safe “cold gun” on the set of his movie “Rust”, but the prop gun contained live rounds when it was fired, according to details of the police investigation into the fatal shooting released on Friday. The shot hit cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in the chest, and director Joel Souza
A woman has died, and a man has been injured, after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set. Following the incident, the police stated that Baldwin discharged the weapon during filming for the 19 th Century western Rust . The woman was taken to hospital but died of her injuries whilst the man, who’s the film’s director Joel Souza,
Two people have been shot after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on a movie set in New Mexico yesterday, with one dying from her wounds. Director of photography for the Western film Rust, Halyna Hutchins, 42, died at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque after the shooting on set. Director Joul Souza, 48, has been taken to
US actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director on a film set in New Mexico, US law enforcement officers said Thursday. The incident happened on the set of "Rust" in the southwestern US state, where Baldwin is playing the lead in a 19th-century western. Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza "were shot when a prop
Alec Baldwin Wikimedia A prop gun misfired on the set of the upcoming Western film Rust leading to the death of director of photographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. The prop firearm was shot by well-known actor and producer Alec Baldwin. The film shoot was taking place in Bonanza Creek Ranch, south of Santa Fe in the US. Hutchins,
A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is producing and starring in a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside Santa Fe, authorities said. Santa Fe County Sheriff’s officials said Halyna Hutchins, director of photography for the movie “Rust,” and director Joel
Reading Time: < 1 minute Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, authorities said. The incident occurred on the set of independent feature film “Rust,” the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office said in a statement. “The sheriff’s office confirms