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.

 

[DMX DA GOAT]

"When we said actors can't check guns what we ACKSHUALLY meant was..."

 

[Unyielding Stupidity]

You know, I get the feeling that if it was a stagehand or some replaceable extra that ended up being the one to pull the trigger instead of Baldwin, they would've gone for a manslaughter charge.

I get that celebrities are immune from most legal repercussions, but still.

 

[L50LasPak]

And I'm really raising my eyebrows at the people who have been claiming actors are not allowed to check firearms because it's against union rules or whatever now.

To be honest Hollywood is so fucking deranged and corrupt that I almost fully accepted this explanation the first time I heard it.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

It's so weird seeing the twitter people backpedal on this.

They're like "Well what you meant was they check it themselves, but they're still not allowed to do that they have to have an armorer show them it's safe!"

But it's like...did anyone do that with Baldwin? It sure doesn't sound like it.

 

[X Pac Heat]

It's so weird seeing the twitter people backpedal on this.

They're like "Well what you meant was they check it themselves, but they're still not allowed to do that they have to have an armorer show them it's safe!"

But it's like...did anyone do that with Baldwin? It sure doesn't sound like it.

I've already said I'd be willing to believe someone actually did check over it with Baldwin but everyone involved was so clueless they didn't realize there were live rounds in the cylinder instead of blanks.

But then I hear it was a rehearsal and not an actual take, and if that was the case I have to ask if they use blanks in rehearsals? I would think they do not, and if that is the case, clearly nobody checked anything here.

 

[SITHRAK!]

I have to ask if they use blanks in rehearsals

Absolutely not. This was covered earlier in the thread. Dry runs and rehearsals are to use stand-ins, nonfunctional props, or (if absolutely necessary) the weapon to be used for the scene, which is to be cleared by the armorer, crosschecked by the AD, then rechecked by the actor before rehearsal.

 

[Particle Bored]

It was according to affidavits exactly that - a dry take with a semi-complex drawing of the gun - he was to use his "wrong hand" to draw as part of the scene. So yes, it was a dry run/take.

Where did it say that? I just saw references to it being a cross-draw, which just means it's holstered on the opposite hip.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

Because she's going to be locked down for a minute.
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The industry rules are pretty specific, and lawyers definitely had a hand in writing them. Anyone who has been insisting that the behavior is commonplace are being rapidly proven as full of shit.

People who wear lewd shirts like that in public are always trashy fucks who thinks it makes them edgy and cool.

Bring back public indecency laws.

 

[Getting tard comed]

You said Ray Liotta and Jeffrey Wright checked the weapon's themselves when they didn't say that, but said they made the armorer do it in view of them and you also use your misreading of what they said to rule out there are no union rules stopping them being able to personally check the weapons themselves.

I mean you can still give Baldwin shit for not doing that, but dear god read what you post beforehand and don't act like a tard when you get called out for it.

Semantics! Difference without distinction! This is reaching pretty hard. The point of the post was actors can and do check whether the gun is empty. They do it via the armorer. Baldwin clearly didn't. I'm not sure what your point is, Baldwin is still negligent in what he is supposed to/should do as an actor and this isn't even factoring any responsibilities as a producer.

 

[X Pac Heat]

You said Ray Liotta and Jeffrey Wright checked the weapon's themselves when they didn't say that, but said they made the armorer do it in view of them and you also use your misreading of what they said to rule out there are no union rules stopping them being able to personally check the weapons themselves.

No, I fucking didn't.

Read my post again.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/alec-b...ills-one-injures-another.103455/post-10299299

The Ray Liotta/Jeffery Wright part was an addition edited in that had nothing to do with the original post, which was about Adam Baldwins tweet. I didn't comment on that article at all and just put it in there because I saw it in the tweet chain of the Baldwin tweet.

Edit: In fact, in the following post, I pretty clearly state what the Jeffery Wright/Ray Liotta article stated. Meaning I did in fact read it.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/alec-b...ills-one-injures-another.103455/post-10300116

Once again, stop making shit up and take the fucking L. You even gave a disagree sticker with that post FFS, so clearly you're the reddit fag here not reading anything.

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

Oh shit @X Pac Heat getting lit up!!

Leave my girl alone, weenies.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

‘Rust’ film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed faces eviction from Arizona landlady: ‘I want her out’

Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when he misfired a prop gun on the set of "Rust."

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‘Rust’ film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed faces eviction from Arizona…

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Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the set of "Rust" where the cinematographer was accidentally shot and killed last week, may need to look for a new home.

The "Rust" armorer’s landlady revealed on Tuesday she’s kicking out the 24-year-old because she "doesn’t want her living there anymore."

Reed’s home in Bullhead City, Arizona, is a two-bedroom property close to the Colorado River. Property websites estimate the home, built in 1978, is worth $190,000.

 

[oldTireWater]

I'm assuming it wasn't a cap-and-ball revolver because there are are so many mentions of live rounds. But if it was, then it changes some things.

 

[Product Placement]

Semantics! Difference without distinction! This is reaching pretty hard. The point of the post was actors can and do check whether the gun is empty. They do it via the armorer. Baldwin clearly didn't. I'm not sure what your point is, Baldwin is still negligent in what he is supposed to/should do as an actor and this isn't even factoring any responsibilities as a producer.

Read the rest of my comment, because what you just posted is what I said if you read past what you bolded. Which is why I don't get why the X Pac didn't just stick to that rather than adding bullshit into it.

No, I fucking didn't.

Read my post again.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/alec-b...ills-one-injures-another.103455/post-10299299

The Ray Liotta/Jeffery Wright part was an addition edited in that had nothing to do with the original post, which was about Adam Baldwins tweet. I didn't comment on that article at all and just put it in there because I saw it in the tweet chain of the Baldwin tweet.

Edit: In fact, in the following post, I pretty clearly state what the Jeffery Wright/Ray Liotta article stated. Meaning I did in fact read it.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/alec-b...ills-one-injures-another.103455/post-10300116

Once again, stop making shit up and take the fucking L. You even gave a disagree sticker with that post FFS, so clearly you're the reddit fag here not reading anything.

How can you call anyone else reddit when you are upset and get mad with a disagree sticker? Also, what's with the take the L, you sound like a child which is also how you are acting with the whole can't handle anyone saying you are wrong or even disagreeing with you.

Except now other actors are coming out and saying this isn't actually a thing, or at the very least, they're supposed to physically show you that it is clear/that they are checking it and it is ready to go.

I'm willing to say that they could have shown everything to Baldwin and nobody would have actually had enough sense to know that it was loaded with live rounds since it was a revolver, though.

That was your reply to someone else saying "That's unions for ya." and the post you are upset I gave you a disagree sticker. I disagreed with you because you have failed to show that unions don't have those rules and nor have I seen any actor come out to say that point. Not even Adam Baldwin said that in the tweets you posted, it seems from the three examples you used all of them did not personally and physically inspect the guns but they were handled and inspected by the armorer in view of them so they could check the armorer was doing his job.

The only thing in that post that is right or I agree with is "they're supposed to physically show you that it is clear/that they are checking it and it is ready to go.". You are injecting unknowns and your own unneeded bullshit into this.

 

[AnnLurker]

Read the rest of my comment, because what you just posted is what I said if you read past what you bolded. Which is why I don't get why the X Pac didn't just stick to that rather than adding bullshit into it.


How can you call anyone else reddit when you are upset and get mad with a disagree sticker? Also, what's with the take the L, you sound like a child which is also how you are acting with the whole can't handle anyone saying you are wrong or even disagreeing with you.



That was your reply to someone else saying "That's unions for ya." and the post you are upset I gave you a disagree sticker. I disagreed with you because you have failed to show that unions don't have those rules and nor have I seen any actor come out to say that point. Not even Adam Baldwin said that in the tweets you posted, it seems from the three examples you used all of them did not personally and physically inspect the guns but they were handled and inspected by the armorer in view of them so they could check the armorer was doing his job.

The only thing in that post that is right or I agree with is "they're supposed to physically show you that it is clear/that they are checking it and it is ready to go.". You are injecting unknowns and your own unneeded bullshit into this.

Can you just shut the fuck up already? Alec Baldwin murdered a woman and you're bitching about the most semantic bullshit around.
He's responsible, period. His shitty armorer wasn't even there to hand him the gun to check and it's his responsibility to check the weapon as well as not point it at people.
That's it, end of story. He needs to go to jail.

 

[X Prime]

Why are you all giving some worthless European with an unhealthy fixation on US politics his much-sought-after attention, again?

EDIT: It has come to my attention that I have mixed up which irrelevant locale a poster is from. I have corrected this error.

 

[Product Placement]

Why are you all giving some Brit with an unhealthy fixation on US politics his much-sought-after attention, again?

So X Pac Heat is a brit and has an unhealthy fixation on US politics, not sure why you telling us this or why you care or what the hell it has to do with this topic at all. But guess thanks for telling us about the attention stuff but him calling everyone Reddit and saying "take the L all the time" made that clear.

 

[X Prime]

Did I mix up what irrelevant country you are from? My mistake if so, it's difficult to keep mediocrities straight.

EDIT: For clarity I have corrected the post. In the future, try to write a shorter "no u" please.

 

[Garm]

I would feel bad for Baldwin if I wasn't sure that if Larry The Cable Guy shot someone Baldwin would be pointing and laughing at him.

 

[ForTheHoard]

Where did it say that? I just saw references to it being a cross-draw, which just means it's holstered on the opposite hip.
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You are correct. He was using a cross draw and what you posted is the cross draw. Funny note, the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) bans cross draw from most of their speed competitions because it's considered unsafe. The barrel of the gun is usually pointed into your leg while holstered, and a right handed shooter will have to sweep the barrel over a wider area before getting on target. It's not relevant to this case because he purposely pointed the gun at someone and pulled the trigger, but it's just interesting to know that his preferred mode of carry is banned from the premier single action shooting organization for being too unsafe.