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| Actor Alec Baldwin seen outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office after he was interviewed by police. (Photo by=IMAGE SOURCE,JIM WEBER/THE NEW MEXICAN) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico film set for the 19th Century western Rust. BBC reported that Halyna Hutchins, 42, was shot while working on the set as director of photography. She was flown to hospital by helicopter but died of her injuries.
The man, 48-year-old director Joel Souza, was taken from the scene at Bonanza Creek Ranch by ambulance. Police said they were investigating and that no charges had been filed. A spokesman for Mr. Baldwin, best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on sketch show Saturday Night Live, said the incident involved the misfiring of a prop gun with blanks.
In a statement to the AFP news agency, a Santa Fe sheriff spokesman said Mr. Baldwin had spoken to detectives. Mr. Baldwin is a co-producer of the film and plays its namesake, an outlaw whose 13-year-old grandson is convicted of manslaughter.
In a statement, the International Cinematographer's Guild said Ms. Hutchins' death was "devastating news" and "a terrible loss".Incidents such as Thursday's fatal shooting on the Rust film set are extremely rare, but not unheard of.
