Alec Baldwin's 'prop firearm' kills one, injures another

Sheriff's office: Alec Baldwin discharged prop gun that killed crew member, wounded director

Baldwin is one of the film's star actors and producers. He went to the sheriff's office willingly and provided a statement to investigators, sheriff's office spokesman Juan Ríos said.

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Actor Alec Baldwin discharged a "prop firearm" that killed a cinematographer and injured a the director of the movie Rust, being filmed on a set south of Santa Fe, a county sheriff's office spokesman said late Thursday.

Halyna Hutchins, 42 and the director of photography for the movie, died at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. The film's director, Joel Souza, was hospitalized in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Juan Ríos said.

A source closed to the investigation said Baldwin, 63, was questioned by investigators late Thursday and was seen by a New Mexican reporter and photographer in tears.

Investigators are still trying to determine if the incident was an accident, Ríos said. No charges have been filed, and the investigation remains open, Ríos wrote in a news release.

The prop was fired at Bonanza Creek Ranch, where filming was underway, the sheriff's office said in an early evening news release. Baldwin stars in the production.

Hutchins died from her injuries after she was flown to University of New Mexico Hospital, according to the sheriff's office. Souza was taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where he is receiving emergency care, the sheriff's office said. Attempts to get comment from Baldwin were unsuccessful.

“We received the devastating news this evening, that one of our members, Halyna Hutchins, the Director of Photography on a production called ‘Rust’ in New Mexico died from injuries sustained on the set,” John Lindley, the president of the International Cinematographers Guild Local 600, and Rebecca Rhine, the executive director, said in a statement, as reported by Variety. “The details are unclear at this moment, but we are working to learn more, and we support a full investigation into this tragic event. This is a terrible loss, and we mourn the passing of a member of our Guild’s family.”

Deputies were investigating how the accident occurred and "what type of projectile was discharged," the sheriff's office said in an earlier news release.

Rust Movie Productions did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Filming for Rust was set to continue into early November, according to a news release from the New Mexico Film Office. It's described as the story of a 13-year-old boy left to fend for himself and his younger brother following the death of their parents in 1880s Kansas, with New Mexico doubling for Kansas.

Guns firing blanks have been blamed for deaths in past movie productions. Online Hollywood news site Deadline reported, "Actor Jon-Erik Hexum was killed Oct. 18, 1984, on the set of the TV series Cover Up when he accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun loaded with blanks. And in 1993, Brandon Lee, the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, died after he was shot in the head by a gun firing blanks on the set of The Crow. Both incidents were determined to have been accidents."

This is a developing story and will be updated.

 

[Roggishi]

I don't know the chick's politics or social issues but from the video I'm assuming a Woke, progressive, SJW etc shitlib. .

I'd say you are right..

https://twitter.com/CHBAF/status/1782163998604918929

 

[BulkForceFive]

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Devastated that this video didn't end with him pulling out a Colt SAA, yelling COLD GUN and then blasting her.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Has filming with alec baldwin *allegedly* killed more people than *allegedly* hillary clinton?

Probably not. The list of Hillary's associates who died under questionable circumstances numbers around 50 and dates back over 30 years.

Baldwin's gotta start *allegedly* killing a LOT more crew members to make up for the lost time.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

Has filming with alec baldwin *allegedly* killed more people than *allegedly* hillary clinton?

No, but it has provably killed more people.

 

[Foltest]

Baldwin is an asshole, but this women is such a cunt that I am on his side.

 

[Dick Mason]

I don't know the chick's politics or social issues but from the video I'm assuming a Woke, progressive, SJW etc shitlib.

https://www.youtube.com/@CrackheadBarneyFriends/videos

Her Youtube channel has a bunch of videos with the Qanon Shaman. Other than being a typical internet cloutchaser and grifter, I do not know what she's about. I hate the internet so much.

 

[pikachudidnothingwrong]

Sounds like they are both fucking insufferable retards. I have to side with him in this case though just because of the level of derangement needed to walk up to someone and demand to hear their stance on some current issue.

 

[Lone Star]

Oh, so Leftists who will never agree with Conservatives somehow now agree even less?
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You said right there we'd never agree. Leftists are becoming increasingly unhinged and morally bankrupt, so going "Heh, but we'd never stoop low, we have the moral high ground!" is ineffective against an opponent that feels no shame.

 

[Getting Tard Comed Jr]

No, but it has provably killed more people.

Idk, when one of the people investigating you ends up in the closet of their office tied up with two gunshots to the back of yhe head and it's ruled a suicide... if that isn't provable...

 

[Not Really Here]

I'm just waiting for an autist to do a supercut of all the times Baldwin screeched about guns being dangerous, and needing "common sense reform" ending with him saying he had no idea his gun was dangerous.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

going "Heh, but we'd never stoop low, we have the moral high ground!" is ineffective against an opponent that feels no shame.

Well I certainly agree with you there.

Leftists are becoming increasingly unhinged and morally bankrupt

Nah, they were always that way. They're becoming openly more so.

 

[beautiful person]

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Random crazy negress trying to make me feel bad for Baldwin - it's not gonna work!

 

[MadStan]

Justice for Baldwin! Death to the Armorer!

 

[East_Clintwood]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gg36dj60jo

What is almost certainly Alec's last attempt to get the case thrown out before trial, this time kvetching that the FBI broke the gun during the testing, has been dismissed, meaning we're almost certainly gonna get a trial, unless he pleads out at the 11th hour (seems unlikely given he's an ego-maniacal prick who's convinced he dindu nuffin)

 

[John.Doe]

unless he pleads out at the 11th hour (seems unlikely given he's an ego-maniacal prick who's convinced he dindu nuffin)

He was offered a really good plea deal prior to Hannah's trial, which as I recall was the same as the Assistant Director guy got - Guilty of Misdemeanor, No Felony Charges, NO JAIL TIME, Fines and Community Service. That there is a deal I'd take any day of the week and twice on Sunday, felony charges are no fucking joke and a guarantee I avoid the expense of trial and the risk of serious time is well worth some piddly Misdemeanor and such. I'm not your attorney, I cannot give you legal advice, but if you're ever in a situation with a dead person, a smoking gun in your hand, felony charges coming your way, and the DA offers you this deal.....praise God and take it.

However, when offered this amazing deal his attorneys decided to play fuckaround games by leaking the details (plea negotiations are supposed to be confidential until agreed to and approved by the Court) to the press as part of some weird PR campaign/move to undermine the active criminal investigation. Part of these games were apparently plans for Alec Baldwin to make a documentary about the woman he shot and the shooting, and those plans included communication to witnesses about 'paid interviews for the documentary,' which kind of sounds like attempts to influence or intimidate witnesses. The Prosecutor responded to these bad-faith actions by withdrawing their offer, obviously.

Ever since then, Baldwin's attorneys have been going after the judge and prosecutor with hammer and tongs - I've read the filings, and I've watched the hearings. Baldwin's attorneys are playing very dangerous, unethical games (like pretending to read from a transcript during a hearing, lying about what it says, and getting caught by the prosecutor in real time) and being huge assholes - like basically accusing the prosecutor to her face of suborning perjury for example. This is on top of a lot of two-faced, extremely weaselly legal filings that skirt the gray areas of legal ethics in ways that are very off-putting and bad faith.

Long story short, they've been doing everything possible to piss off the prosecutor and local judge, which means they would be less likely to offer or approve any deals. Secondly, they already got a conviction on Hannah, which is arguably the weaker case. They have no incentive to give up a felony conviction when they're pissed off and already spent this much money dealing with Baldwin's 12 asshole attorneys.

 

[namelesstacotruck]

If Baldwin gives an inch with a plea deal it opens the floodgates for lawsuits. That part makes a degree of sense. Even if found guilty at a felony trial (which would look bad) there would be questions of fact that could be revisited. Meanwhile a plea is a admission of fault and the core civil question moves to "how much is it your fault?" rather than assigning liability to begin with.

Perserving family wealth might be worth chancing a felony for a man his age. His lawyers antagonizing the judge less so.

The variable you arent considering is insurance. The insurance on the film will either not pay out or be able to go after Baldwin if he found at fault. That insurance may also have payouts for future productions that got cancelled.

 

[Irene and 22 others]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gg36dj60jo

What is almost certainly Alec's last attempt to get the case thrown out before trial, this time kvetching that the FBI broke the gun during the testing, has been dismissed, meaning we're almost certainly gonna get a trial, unless he pleads out at the 11th hour (seems unlikely given he's an ego-maniacal prick who's convinced he dindu nuffin)

Isn't it fairly standard as a part of the forensic analysis to see if there was any possibility that the gun fired due to some malfunction or defect in the gun itself and not as the result of the person holding it? That testing is going to be well documented and there's going to be one or more agents that can testify as to the condition it arrived in, all of the different tests they performed on it, the results of those tests, and ultimately at what point the gun broke and what caused it, which was likely one of the tests they subjected it to in order to find out how much stress would be required to break it.

If Baldwin gives an inch with a plea deal it opens the floodgates for lawsuits. That part makes a degree of sense. Even if found guilty at a felony trial (which would look bad) there would be questions of fact that could be revisited. Meanwhile a plea is a admission of fault and the core civil question moves to "how much is it your fault?" rather than assigning liability to begin with.

Perserving family wealth might be worth chancing a felony for a man his age. His lawyers antagonizing the judge less so.

The variable you arent considering is insurance. The insurance on the film will either not pay out or be able to go after Baldwin if he found at fault. That insurance may also have payouts for future productions that got cancelled.

He has more than enough money to settle for more than he needs to while still having plenty left over afterwards. His net worth is reported at being over $50 million. Also even if he prevails in the criminal trial, there's no guarantee that the civil trial goes his way (see OJ Simpson) even if he can point to a not guilty verdict. There's almost always a lower burden of proof and it and unlike a criminal trial that usually requires a unanimous jury for a guilty verdict, the civial trial might only require that some majority of jurors come to conclusion that Baldwin is at fault for the court to find against him.

It's likely that he'll spend multiple millions of dollars on his legal defense for this case. He's apparently got a huge legal team made of the sort of people who bill more for an hour of work than most Americans earn in a week. If he weren't an egotistical prick he could have taken a deal that got him a slap on the wrist, paid off the victim's family, and lied through his teeth in public to make himself out to be the victim in all of this. Instead he's almost certainly going to be found guilty and have lawyers suck even more money out of him as he tries to appeal.

 

[namelesstacotruck]

If Insurance finds him on the hook for the insurance pay outs for multiple failed movies it could go past 50 million.

 

[East_Clintwood]

Isn't it fairly standard as a part of the forensic analysis to see if there was any possibility that the gun fired due to some malfunction or defect in the gun itself and not as the result of the person holding it?

I don't know how standard it is in most firearms cases, but I'm guessing it's fairly standard in cases where the perp is claiming the gun magically went off on it's own.

That testing is going to be well documented and there's going to be one or more agents that can testify as to the condition it arrived in, all of the different tests they performed on it, the results of those tests, and ultimately at what point the gun broke and what caused it, which was likely one of the tests they subjected it to in order to find out how much stress would be required to break it.

The specific test that broke it was the dude hitting it with a mallet while it was cocked to see if there was anyway a bump/jostle/drop etc could set it off without pulling the trigger. The fact it didn't fire until the sear physically broke is a pretty good indicator it was working as intended.

For anyone interested I've posted the written report previously and the FBI agent who did the testing testified on Day 3 of Hannah Reed's trial:

and recently during a zoom hearing for relating to the Baldwin trial:

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

He has more than enough money to settle for more than he needs to while still having plenty left over afterwards.

you'd be surprised. he has like 9 kids; the money goes fast. there's a reason despite him being so well known he's been in like 3 movies a year the past 30 years. plus he's so desperate for cash he's doing reality shows and the con circuit. i'd say he's fucked.