This
photo
provided
by Adam
Egypt
Mortimer
shows
cinematographer
Halyna
Hutchins
on the
set of
"Archenemy"
in
January
2020 in
Los
Angeles.
Hutchins
was
fatally
shot by
Alec
Baldwin
Thursday
on the
New
Mexico
set of
the
western
film
"Rust."
Authorities
continue
to
investigate
the
shooting
but
there
are no
allegations
of
wrongdoing
by
Baldwin.
(Adam
Egypt
Mortimer
via AP) |
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Alec
Baldwin
speaks
on the
phone in
the
parking
lot
outside
the
Santa Fe
County
Sheriff's
Office
in Santa
Fe,
N.M.,
after he
was
questioned
about a
shooting
on the
set of
the film
"Rust"
on the
outskirts
of Santa
Fe,
Thursday,
Oct. 21,
2021.
Baldwin
fired a
prop gun
on the
set,
killing
cinematographer
Halyna
Hutchins
and
wounding
director
Joel
Souza,
officials
said.
(Jim
Weber/Santa
Fe New
Mexican
via AP) |
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Sheriff:
Baldwin
fired
shot on
movie
set that
killed
woman
By
MORGAN
LEE
and
WALTER
BERRY
apnews.com
SANTA
FE, N.M.
-
Authorities
are
investigating
after
confirming
that a
prop
firearm
discharged
by actor
Alec
Baldwin,
while
producing
and
starring
in a
Western
movie,
killed
the
cinematographer
and
wounded
the
director.
Santa Fe
County
Sheriff’s
officials
said
Halyna
Hutchins,
cinematographer
on the
movie
“Rust,”
and
director
Joel
Souza
were
shot
Thursday
on the
rustic
film set
in the
desert
on the
southern
outskirts
of Santa
Fe.
Hutchins,
42, was
airlifted
to the
University
of New
Mexico
Hospital,
where
she was
pronounced
dead by
medical
personnel,
the
sheriff’s
department
said.
Souza,
48, was
taken by
ambulance
to
Christus
St.
Vincent
Regional
Medical
Center,
where he
is
undergoing
treatment
for his
injuries.
Production
was
halted
on the
film.
A
spokesperson
for
Baldwin
said
there
was an
accident
on the
set
involving
the
misfire
of a
prop gun
with
blanks,
though a
charge
without
a metal
projectile
is
unlikely
to kill
at a
moderate
distance.
The
Santa Fe
New
Mexican
reported
the
63-year-old
Baldwin
was seen
Thursday
outside
the
sheriff’s
office
in
tears,
but
attempts
to get
comment
from him
were
unsuccessful.
The
International
Cinematographers
Guild
confirmed
that the
woman
fatally
shot was
Hutchins,
a
cinematographer.
“The
details
are
unclear
at this
moment,
but we
are
working
to learn
more,
and we
support
a full
investigation
into
this
tragic
event,”
guild
president
John
Lindley
and
executive
director
Rebecca
Rhine
said in
a
statement.
Hutchins,
a 2015
graduate
of the
American
Film
Institute,
worked
as
director
of
photography
on the
2020
action
film
“Archenemy,”
starring
Joe
Manganiello.
She was
named a
“rising
star” by
American
Cinematographer
in 2019.
“I’m so
sad
about
losing
Halyna.
And so
infuriated
that
this
could
happen
on a
set,”
said
“Archenemy”
director
Adam
Egypt
Mortimer
on
Twitter.
“She was
a
brilliant
talent
who was
absolutely
committed
to art
and to
film.”
Film
colleague
Manganiello
called
her “an
incredible
talent”
and “a
great
person”
on his
Instagram
account.
He said
he was
lucky to
have
worked
with
Hutchins.
Baldwin
teamed
up as a
producer
previously
with
Souza on
the 2019
film,
“Crown
Vic,”
which
starred
Thomas
Jane as
a
veteran
Los
Angeles
police
officer
on a
manhunt
for two
violent
bank
robbers.
His
first
credited
film,
2010’s
“Hanna’s
Gold,”
was a
treasure
hunt
adventure
featuring
Luke
Perry.
Deputies
responded
about 2
p.m. to
the
movie
set at
the
Bonanza
Creek
Ranch
after
911
calls
described
a person
being
shot on
set,
sheriff’s
spokesman
Juan
Rios
said.
The
ranch
has been
used in
dozens
of
films,
including
the
recent
Tom
Hanks
Western
“News of
the
World.”
Rios
said
detectives
were
investigating
how and
what
type of
projectile
was
discharged.
“This
investigation
remains
open and
active,”
Rios
said in
a
statement.
“No
charges
have
been
filed in
regard
to this
incident.
Witnesses
continue
to be
interviewed
by
detectives.”
Filming
for
“Rust”
was set
to
continue
into
early
November,
according
to a
news
release
from the
New
Mexico
Film
Office.
The
movie is
about a
13-year-old
boy who
is left
to fend
for
himself
and his
younger
brother
following
the
death of
their
parents
in
1880s’
Kansas,
according
to the
Internet
Movie
Database
website.
The teen
goes on
the run
with his
long-estranged
grandfather
(played
by
Baldwin)
after
the boy
is
sentenced
to hang
for the
accidental
killing
of a
local
rancher.
In 1993,
Brandon
Lee, 28,
son of
the late
martial-arts
star
Bruce
Lee,
died
after
being
hit by a
.44-caliber
slug
while
filming
a death
scene
for the
movie
“The
Crow.”
The gun
was
supposed
to have
fired a
blank,
but an
autopsy
turned
up a
bullet
lodged
near his
spine.
A
Twitter
account
run by
Lee’s
sister
Shannon
said:
“Our
hearts
go out
to the
family
of
Halyna
Hutchins
and to
Joel
Souza
and all
involved
in the
incident
on
‘Rust.’
No one
should
ever be
killed
by a gun
on a
film
set.
Period.”
In 1984,
actor
Jon-Erik
Hexum
died
after
shooting
himself
in the
head
with a
prop gun
blank
while
pretending
to play
Russian
roulette
with a
.44
Magnum
on the
set of
the
television
series
“Cover
Up.”
___
Berry
reported
from
Phoenix.
Associated
Press
film
writer
Jake
Coyle
contributed
to this
report.
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