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.

 

[Sexy Potoo]

In Texas, if you shoot and kill someone while cleaning a gun, that's manslaughter. Some gun range employee did that and as of 2018 was facing 2-20 years in prison though I can't find any further articles.

Since Baldwin was aiming at two people and hit both, even if he thought it was only a prop, he's almost certainly going to get charged by the State of New Mexico with manslaughter unless the DA fucks up. Better lawyer up for that and the inevitable lawsuits that will come up.

Killing somebody through accidental discharge with a real firearm is different because get this: guns are very good at killing people and thus demand a certain high level of caution when handling. Not having that caution is were the manslaughter charges come in.

What killed the woman is a prop firearm, which is something that is designed to be pointed and shot at real live people without killing them. The fact that it did doesn't necessarily mean that the person who pulled the trigger was at fault.

 

[East_Clintwood]

I'm inclined to believe @kobebyarlant 's image

I missed that post originally, but lookinng at it now, yikes. If that's even remotely true he's fucking fucked. Even if he avoids a criminal charge (which he probably will even though he shouldn't), the civil claims would be a fucking slam dunk.

because Alec Baldwin is exactly the sort of short-tempered egotist to fuck around and have other people find out for him.

He's also the exact kind of anti gun faggot who spends time REEEING about guns while probably having zero firearms safety knowledge.

 

[BradCarter]

Great press for the movie at least. Especially around Halloween. Cursed films haven't been a thing in a long time.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

Great press for the movie at least. Especially around Halloween. Cursed films haven't been a thing in a long time.

Great. - Now we'll have Arec Bordwin comparing himself to John Landis.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

he can buy a private island and fuck off for all i care.

That's if he didn't spent all his money for booze. Alec Baldwin drinks a lot.

There was a second gunman on a grassy knoll

Along with JFK magic bullets.

Btw, there's a interesting rant about Alec Baldwin worth to read.

Anti-gun actor Alec Baldwin shot a woman to death

Preliminarily, it is tragic that 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins, a rising cinematographer in Hollywood, died yesterday on the set of Rust, a movie being filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My thoughts are with the loved ones she left be...

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October 22, 2021

Anti-gun actor Alec Baldwin shot a woman to death​

By Andrea Widburg

Preliminarily, it is tragic that 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins, a rising cinematographer in Hollywood, died yesterday on the set of Rust, a movie being filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My thoughts are with the loved ones she left behind. Having said that, I cannot escape a feeling that karma had a hand in this one because the finger on the trigger of the gun that killed Hutchins belonged to Alec Baldwin, a hysterical leftist who is fanatically opposed to the Second Amendment.
To give a sense of Baldwin’s hostility to gun rights, in 2018, the smug and constitutionally illiterate Baldwin had some harsh words for Dana Loesch, an NRA spokeswoman:

https://twitter.com/AlecBaldwin/status/970641642511306752

Despite his supreme arrogance, Baldwin clearly does not understand that the Second Amendment is not a mere “law.” It’s the expression of a right inherent in citizens of a free country.

But what was especially interesting about that tweet was that bit about Loesch stepping over dead bodies. As it happens, Loesch has never killed anyone. Indeed, at a guess, upwards of 99.9% of law-abiding American gun owners will go through life, not only not killing anyone, but also never even having to use their guns against another person. But Alec Baldwin killed someone with a gun. He has a body count.

According to the information currently available, Baldwin fired a prop gun that somehow launched a projectile, killing Hutchins and injuring Joel Souza, the film’s writer and director. This probably reminds you of Brandon Lee’s death in 1993. Then, a prop gun had been carelessly left with a bullet in the barrel, so that a subsequent blank round with a powder charge created enough energy to propel the bullet with full force into Lee’s abdomen, killing him almost instantly.

What happened to poor Hutchins on the set of Rust somehow perfectly exemplifies Hollywood’s hypocritical polarity when it comes to guns. In movie after movie, guns play a prominent role. The good guys always have fantastic speed and aim, laying waste to the bad guys. The latter, of course, can’t shoot straight and will shoot 12 rounds from a 6-shooter, missing every time. Hollywood, more than any institution in America, sells the glamour and power of guns.

Meanwhile, once off the set, Hollywood’s hard-left actors are stridently opposed to guns. Baldwin’s foolish tweet to Dana Loesch is just one small example of his entire anti-gun oeuvre, a fashionable Hollywood stance. After Sandy Hook, Baldwin was out in front announcing that “A ban on semi-automatic assault weapons is a necessary first step toward resuscitating the soul of this country....”

Things might have turned out differently if Baldwin had bothered to learn about the guns he so hates. He might have known that you never point a gun, any gun, at someone or something you don’t intend to kill. He might also have known that you never assume that a gun is unloaded or in “neutral” mode. Had he had some gun savvy, he would have checked the gun to make sure it was indeed a harmless prop. He would also have pointed it away from any living target. After all, the cameras would never pick up a faint deviation in aim.

Part of me pities Baldwin a great deal. He was seen weeping outside of the sheriff’s office because, while he is an arrogant, entitled, aggressive, obnoxious git, he’s not a killer. His entire self-image is of someone who defends life (never mind that he’s fanatically pro-abortion). Now, though, he’s taken a life, something that will haunt him forever. That deserves compassion because all of us go through life knowing that one stupid, thoughtless moment (perhaps a moment of inattention when driving) could see each of us take a life too.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Yeah, whoever was the armorer/weapons master of the film is at fault first, then Baldwin second if he was being a goofball and it wasn't part of a scene.

Bare minimum someones family is getting a big pay day.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

guy is loaded. he be fine,.

So was the gun …

 

[50 bit bitch]

At least /tv/ is having some fun

 

[Figger Naggot]

Yeah, this guy was definitely playing around with the prop in a way he shouldn't have been. The coverage of this is already annoying me. I have one of those morning shows on right now. They are definitely setting the narrative of him as the "real victim". Constantly mentioning that he was distraught, crying, in tears etc. You don't point guns at people as joke, prop or otherwise.

 

[Akashic Retard]

Alec Baldwin is a murderer, he killed that poor woman just to promote his new movie. Sick.

 

[R00T]

I missed that post originally, but lookinng at it now, yikes. If that's even remotely true he's fucking fucked. Even if he avoids a criminal charge (which he probably will even though he shouldn't), the civil claims would be a fucking slam dunk.

If you actually read the articles posted in thread you’d see that image is edited through inspect element.

 

[NoodleFucker3000]

All jokes aside, that's a pretty shitty thing to have weighing on your conscience for the rest of your life. As much as I don't like Baldwin, nobody should have to go through something like that.

Neither should the family of the man who got shot.

 

[Thumb Butler]

“No charges have been filed”

involuntary manslaughter no longer exists

Not for the rich.

 

[Art Kassul]

Trump Twitter melting down
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Conservative grifters are annoying faggots.

If he loses his Hollywood support and friends, he's toast.

He's not a conservative, his people, the media, everyone who matters, aren't going to jettison him for optics. He'll be fine.

Alec Baldwin is a murderer, he killed that poor woman just to promote his new movie. Sick.

Was it worth it? Let's wait until the reviews come in before deciding.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Getting some good trolling out of it

 

[GHTD]

Y'all are fucking faggots for a-logging Baldwin because what, he played a really shitty portrayal of Trump on SNL?

I guess anyone who didn't like God himself deserves every bad thing they can get.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Y'all are fucking faggots for a-logging Baldwin because what, he played a really shitty portrayal of Trump on SNL?

I guess anyone who didn't like God himself deserves every bad thing they can get.

Go back to reddit, faggot.

 

[GHTD]

Go back to reddit, faggot.

That's all your fagging is about though. He didn't like Trump therefore he deserves to be imprisoned for murder charges. Jesus, no wonder this country will never be united again.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

Y'all are fucking faggots for a-logging Baldwin because what, he played a really shitty portrayal of Trump on SNL?

Didn't he also play as Dick Cheney?

 

[X Pac Heat]

That's all your fagging is about though. He didn't like Trump therefore he deserves to be imprisoned for murder charges. Jesus, no wonder this country will never be united again.

Someone is dead and you're only worried about how the killer feels.

For shame, faggot. Think about someone other than your Hollywood idols. I bet you were one of the incels screaming "Think about Brian!"