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.

 

[Art Kassul]

Alec Baldwin shooting victim was wife of Latham & Watkins lawyer

The husband of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin with a prop gun on Thursday, is a corporate lawyer in Latham & Watkins' Los Angeles office.

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Alec Baldwin shooting victim was wife of Latham & Watkins lawyer​

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(Reuters) - The husband of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin with a prop gun on Thursday, is a corporate lawyer in Latham & Watkins' Los Angeles office.

Matt Hutchins joined Latham as an associate this year. Earlier he was an in-house lawyer at an entertainment company and practiced at Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Hutchins told news outlets Friday that he had spoken with Baldwin and said the actor was supportive. He could not be immediately reached for comment. A Latham spokesperson declined to comment.

Halyna Hutchins was killed when Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of his Western movie "Rust" in New Mexico. The Santa Fe Sheriff's Department said it is investigating the incident, which also left the film's director, Joel Souza, injured.

Baldwin posted on social media Friday that he was in shock, writing, "My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna."

Hutchins, 42, who was originally from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle, once worked as an investigative reporter in Europe, according to her website.

She graduated from the American Film Institute in 2015 and was selected as one of American Cinematographer's Rising Stars of 2019, according to her website biography.

Spoiler: keep on turcking

 

[TheRetardKing]

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

What a fucking shit show lol.

 

[Gar For Archer]

If she didn't know what she was doing, its because old man was a dogshit teacher, or she's just dumber than a sack of bricks. That man's been slinging guns for longer than just about anyone on these forums has been alive, and that includes our favorite Boomer Uncle Joe Stalin considering he first picked up those guns of his in 1950. Although shit ain't adding up if she's 24 and her old man was born in... 1943.

So what, nigga had a kid in his 50’s. It’s certainly not unheard of.

 

[Reporterward]

This keeps getting more surreal. Maybe the 24-year old armorer wasn’t on the set at all?

Worker in charge of Alec Baldwin’s prop gun was replacement hire amid on-set chaos, safety concerns

The unidentified prop master was “just brought in” before the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of “Rust,” a source involved in…

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“On a 911 recording obtained by TMZ, a woman who identifies herself as the movie’s script supervisor is heard blaming the accident on someone whose name is apparently bleeped out.

“OK, this f- -king [bleep] that yelled at me at lunch asking about revisions, this motherf- -ker,” she says, apparently to someone nearby.

“Did you see him lean over my desk and yell at me? He’s supposed to check the guns. He’s responsible for what happened.”

Editorial: As others have said, we’ll know more when the investigation unfolds (right???) but this keeps getting more and more murky.

 

[FlappyBat]

This keeps getting more surreal. Maybe the 24-year old armorer wasn’t on the set at all?

Worker in charge of Alec Baldwin’s prop gun was replacement hire amid on-set chaos, safety concerns

The unidentified prop master was “just brought in” before the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of “Rust,” a source involved in…

nypost.com

“On a 911 recording obtained by TMZ, a woman who identifies herself as the movie’s script supervisor is heard blaming the accident on someone whose name is apparently bleeped out.

“OK, this f- -king [bleep] that yelled at me at lunch asking about revisions, this motherf- -ker,” she says, apparently to someone nearby.

“Did you see him lean over my desk and yell at me? He’s supposed to check the guns. He’s responsible for what happened.”

Editorial: As others have said, we’ll know more when the investigation unfolds (right???) but this keeps getting more and more murky.

How many levels of fucked up negligence do you need before dropping some felony charges.

 

[MidUSA]

She's worse than a diversity hire. She's a nepotism hire.

Nah, diversity hires are worse.

At least a nepotism hire has someone to answer to; their dad, mother in law or whomever got them the job.

The diversity hire just needs to keep being gay, female, muslim or whatever.

 

[Vince McMahon]

>fuck your moralfagging and optics, let him suffer!!111
>FUCKING ANTIFA!!!!1111111 they b attacking good boyes they didnu nuffin

Faggots, by not extending compassion and courtesy to those who have wronged you, you're not achieving any sort of justice. You're just getting off your rocker and jerking off to someone else's misfortune. Believe it or not, as much as Alec Baldwin might be an elitist screeching faggot, he's just one man and unless he did something to you personally, to YOU personally, it's no excuse to be shitting on him in a situation like that. Not every rich person is born an absolute psychopath who won't feel any sort of trauma or remorse from a situation like that.

Get off your fucking couch and spend some time in the real world. It might teach you to extend some compassion to your fellow human beings.

 

[Art Kassul]

Right-Wingers Are Exploiting a Woman’s Tragic Death to Troll Alec Baldwin

In a truly ugly display, conservatives are mocking Alec Baldwin following the death of DP Halyna Hutchins, who was killed in a terrible on-set shooting accident by the lefty actor.

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Right-Wingers Are Exploiting a Woman’s Tragic Death to Troll Alec Baldwin​

In a truly ugly display, conservatives are mocking Alec Baldwin following the death of DP Halyna Hutchins, who was killed in a terrible on-set shooting accident by the lefty actor.

The hypocrisy is so blatant.

"How dare they do exactly what we have done and would do to them!"

The journalist:

This idea that Hutchins’ death is some divine retribution inflicted upon Baldwin because of his politics is so deeply craven, especially because white Christian conservatives are deeply entrenched in the gun lobby.

The best part about diversity hiring and lowered standards is that journalists get dumber and dumber all the time.

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

Honestly, this is a really fucked up form of poetic irony. Alec baldwin who only has a career because of family nepotism, hates guns, and is a guy who sucks democrat dick, ends up accidentally killing a person who was a Democrat that worked on Dear White People because of a diversity hire that he would have supported who got in through family nepotism.

 

[kobebyarlant]

I'm torn over what to feel about this. On one hand I intensely dislike Alec Baldwin, this may end his career which I love, on the other he killed one and the other is/was in the hospital so who knows might up two people dead. Found myself laughing at the situation then feeling guilty... as I should still fuck Alec Baldwin.

He wasn't just an actor, he was a producer on set. Even if it was just to have his name on the poster twice, it was still his responsibility to make sure the film had the crew, finances, and standards to film safely, and he didn't. After the several previous accidents (including that exact gun the previous day), when the 2nd AD (and effectively his employee) handed it to him, he should've put his foot down and said "No, enough. We're not using that gun, or any blank guns. We'll use prop guns and CGI it in. No one use any of the guns we have now."

 

[Vince McMahon]

Friendly reminder that involuntary manslaughter is still a felony.

A lot of people who simp for Hollywood pieces of shit need to know this little factoid before they rush to the defense of this guy before the details come to light.

Yes, because suggesting that even the slimiest pieces of shit deserve compassion is simpery.

 

[Standardized Profile]

Although shit ain't adding up if she's 24 and her old man was born in... 1943.

He might be a set armorer but that doesn't mean everything shoots blanks.

>fuck your moralfagging and optics, let him suffer!!111
>FUCKING ANTIFA!!!!1111111 they b attacking good boyes they didnu nuffin

Faggots, by not extending compassion and courtesy to those who have wronged you, you're not achieving any sort of justice. You're just getting off your rocker and jerking off to someone else's misfortune. Believe it or not, as much as Alec Baldwin might be an elitist screeching faggot, he's just one man and unless he did something to you personally, to YOU personally, it's no excuse to be shitting on him in a situation like that. Not every rich person is born an absolute psychopath who won't feel any sort of trauma or remorse from a situation like that.

Get off your fucking couch and spend some time in the real world. It might teach you to extend some compassion to your fellow human beings.

This is a copypasta, isn't it? I'm not falling for one of those again.

 

[Getting tard comed]

Yes, because suggesting that even the slimiest pieces of shit deserve compassion is simpery.

Yes. I don't get why it's so hard for people to understand when you're an asshole to people people will be an asshole to you. I don't have compassion or sympathy for someone who is looking increasingly more responsible for a women's death. Sorry bro. Maybe finish reading the thread before you post.

 

[TV's Adam West]

Have you guys considered that it might just be an accident?

 

[Absurdist Laughter]

How many levels of fucked up negligence do you need before dropping some felony charges.

Enough to choke a horse face pony soldier.

 

[ForTheHoard]

If she didn't know what she was doing, its because old man was a dogshit teacher, or she's just dumber than a sack of bricks. That man's been slinging guns for longer than just about anyone on these forums has been alive, and that includes our favorite Boomer Uncle Joe Stalin considering he first picked up those guns of his in 1950. Although shit ain't adding up if she's 24 and her old man was born in... 1943.

Maybe that explains it. Men that old are much more likely to produce a retard when they have kids at that age. Case closed.

 

[Absurdist Laughter]

Enough to choke a horse face pony soldier.

Oh, also, why focus on just Alex. Lets put manslaughter charges toward everyone involved that day. Nothing of value will be lost since the majority are from New York or Cali. This is my only unreasonable take because fuck those states.

 

[Vince McMahon]

Yes. I don't get why it's so hard for people to understand when you're an asshole to people people will be an asshole to you. I don't have compassion or sympathy for someone who is looking increasingly more responsible for a women's death. Sorry bro. Maybe finish reading the thread before you post.

Was Alec Baldwin an asshole to you specifically? Or because he's one of those media heads who screech at things that you like, that means he's your blood enemy?

Listen, he might be an asshole and a cunt and everything people tell he is. I believe that. He strikes me as a type from a cursory glance. However, unless he had the intent to kill that woman, I don't think it's a good idea to shit on him. Do you know how profound the change in the human psyche is when you kill someone?

To be fair, even killers deserve to be extended compassion. The same compassion they did not extend to their victims. Unless you're one of those people who believe in a punitive system, rather than rehabilitation.

Jokes are fine, by the way. All I hear in this thread is bloodlusty bitches like you going "HELL FUCKING YEAH LOCK THIS ANTI GUN RETARD BASTARD UP".

I have finished the thread, by the way, still didn't see him actually wanting to kill that woman. Then again, we'll see in a few weeks.

 

[FlappyBat]

This thread has gone a long way in explaining to me why some people believe firearms should be completely banned. The culture difference is astounding.