One Fatally Shot and One Injured on Set of Alec Baldwin Movie in New Mexico

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U.S.|One Fatally Shot and One Injured connected Set of Alec Baldwin Movie successful New Mexico

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A pistillate died and a antheral was injured aft a prop firearm was discharged connected the acceptable of “Rust,” a Western, the authorities said.

Santa Fe County sheriff's deputies responding to the country   of a fatal shooting connected  a movie   acceptable   astatine  the Bonanza Creek Ranch successful  Santa Fe County, N.M., connected  Thursday.
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Oct. 21, 2021, 10:24 p.m. ET

A pistillate died and a antheral was injured successful New Mexico connected Thursday day aft a prop firearm discharged connected the acceptable of a movie starring Alec Baldwin, the authorities said.

The pistillate and man, some 42, were changeable connected the acceptable of “Rust,” a Western being filmed successful Santa Fe County, astir 1:50 p.m., said Juan Rios, a spokesperson for the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. The acceptable was astatine Bonanza Creek Ranch, wherever a fig of movies person been filmed.

Mr. Rios said the shooting happened successful the mediate of a country that was either being rehearsed oregon filmed. He said the Sheriff’s Office was interviewing radical connected the acceptable to find however the 2 had been shot.

“We’re trying to find close present however and what benignant of projectile was utilized successful the firearm,” helium said.

The pistillate was flown to the University of New Mexico Hospital successful Albuquerque, wherever she aboriginal died, Mr. Rios said. The antheral was taken to CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center successful Santa Fe.

While the sheriff’s bureau did not instantly merchandise the names of the two, the International Cinematographer’s Guild identified the pistillate who was killed arsenic Halyna Hutchins, the film’s manager of photography.

A statement from the New Mexico Film Office connected Oct. 6 said the movie’s accumulation company, Rust Movie Productions LLC, would employment 75 unit members, 22 actors and 230 “background talent.”

The film’s manager and producers and a typical for Mr. Baldwin did not instantly respond to emails oregon telephone calls connected Thursday night.

On Thursday morning, Mr. Baldwin posted a photograph connected Instagram successful his movie costume, which included what appeared to beryllium a prosthetic coiled connected his torso.

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“Rust” is simply a movie astir a 13-year-old lad who goes connected the tally with his estranged gramps aft the accidental sidesplitting of a section rancher, according to IMDb. The movie, which was set to beryllium filmed this period and adjacent month, is directed by Joel Souza and stars Frances Fisher and Mr. Baldwin, who is besides producing the film.

The shooting echoed an accident connected a movie acceptable successful 1993 successful which the histrion Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee’s son, was changeable and killed during a country erstwhile a slug that was lodged successful the tube of a weapon was discharged on with a blank cartridge.

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