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.

 

[WonderWino]

Well this doesn't exactly look good:

Detectives Find Loose, Boxed Ammo In Fanny Pack On 'Rust' Set

Scattered ammunition raises new questions about safety on the movie set where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed with a prop gun.

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[Morethanabitfoolish]

Not sure if this has come up yet but apparently the assistant director was sac ked from a previous production over gun safety stuff.

Rust: Assistant director had been sacked before over gun safety

Dave Halls had previously been dismissed from another film over gun safety violations.

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The assistant director of Rust, Dave Halls, had been sacked from a previous production over gun safety violations.

Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot dead Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western last week.
The producers of Freedom's Path confirmed to press agency AFP on Monday that Halls had been dismissed in 2019.
It came after a crew member "incurred a minor and temporary injury when a gun was unexpectedly discharged", the statement said.
Rocket Soul Studios said Halls could not be reached for a comment. There is no suggestion that Halls was at fault for the Rust incident.
The studio's producers said in a statement sent to the BBC: "First of all, our condolences go out to everyone affected by the recent tragic event in New Mexico.
"Halls was removed from set immediately after the prop gun discharged. Production did not resume filming until Dave was off-site. An incident report was taken and filed at that time."
An affidavit filed over the Rust incident said Halls had handed the gun to Baldwin during a rehearsal and called out "cold gun" as he did so, meaning the weapon had no live ammunition.
"The assistant director (Dave Halls) did not know live rounds were in the prop-gun," the affidavit said.

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Speaking on Monday, Juan Rios, spokesman for the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department which is investigating the incident, described it as "a complicated case".
He said investigators had interviewed Hannah Gutierrez, who was responsible for the safety of weapons on the set, but gave no further details. Gutierrez has not yet commented publicly and the BBC has been unable to reach her.

An inventory of seized items that was released on Monday also showed that detectives had recovered loose and boxed ammunition from the set, though they would not say which kind.
Investigators hope a forensic analysis of ballistic evidence will shed light on what kind of projectile was fired from the gun and how it got there.

Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured when a revolver that Baldwin was using during rehearsal discharged.
Baldwin, the director and other members of the cast and crew have also been interviewed. No charges have been brought yet.
Before the incident, camera operators had walked off the set to protest against working conditions.

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

Ouch You know it's bad when the head sparky throws you under the bus.
"...“I’m sure that we had the professionals in every department, but one – the department that was responsible for the weapons. There is no way a twenty-four-year-old woman can be a professional with armory; there is no way that her more-or-less the same-aged friend from school, neighborhood, Instagram, or God knows where else, can be a professional in this field."

Blows my mind. This job actually sounds fun and I bet it pays decent. Yet they hire an ignorant kid that doesn't seem to give a shit about gun safety if the stories are to be believed.

 

[Art Kassul]

Well this doesn't exactly look good:

Detectives Find Loose, Boxed Ammo In Fanny Pack On 'Rust' Set

Scattered ammunition raises new questions about safety on the movie set where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed with a prop gun.

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I guess its back to turning tricks for e-simps for Hannah Guntana.

 

[trannyfucker]

Blows my mind. This job actually sounds fun and I bet it pays decent. Yet they hire an ignorant kid that doesn't seem to give a shit about gun safety if the stories are to be believed.

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His post is not quite clear.

"There is no way a twenty-four-year-old woman can be a professional with armory; there is no way that her more-or-less the same-aged friend from school, neighborhood, Instagram, or God knows where else, can be a professional in this field."


He seems to be referring to her bringing along her similarly dumb useless thot friend? Was there a second useless ho in the armory ?

I guess its back to turning tricks for e-simps for Hannah Guntana.

She's fat.

 

[Particle Bored]

Some of these quotes aged like milk. This picture ain't aging well either.

“I think the best part about my job is just showing people who are normally kind of freaked out by guns how safe they can be and how they’re not really problematic unless put in the wrong hands,” Reed said

No lies detected.

She said her dad, well-known Hollywood armorer Thell Reed, gave her some direction growing up — but she “figured” out most of the job requirements on “my own.”

“She was without a lot of experience, but coming from her family lineage, I thought she was exceptional, professional, and I thought she had — I still think she has — many years of an amazing career ahead of her,” Crow said.

X=doubt

 

[Art Kassul]

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His post is not quite clear.

"There is no way a twenty-four-year-old woman can be a professional with armory; there is no way that her more-or-less the same-aged friend from school, neighborhood, Instagram, or God knows where else, can be a professional in this field."


He seems to be referring to her bringing along her similarly dumb useless thot friend? Was there a second useless ho in the armory ?


She's fat.

Like simps care. There are obese prostitutes on the internet making more money per month from horned-out porn-ruined idiots than every single KF users income combined.

 

[Meat Target]

Well this doesn't exactly look good:

Detectives Find Loose, Boxed Ammo In Fanny Pack On 'Rust' Set

Scattered ammunition raises new questions about safety on the movie set where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed with a prop gun.

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Five days before Hutchins was killed, Baldwin’s stunt double accidentally fired two live rounds after being told that the weapon didn’t have any ammunition in it, the newspaper reported, citing two crew members.

So that's no fewer than three ND's within a week on one set.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Lol wot? Top-paid armorer? Dude is an ageing sideshow act. He's not Tom Cruise.

Her dad is old as fuck and the sub r/hilariabaldwin (basically mocking the fake Spic from Boston, Hilary Hayward-Thomas and her husband) has quite a lot on this

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I can't be bothered to find the specific thread but basically someone said she knew her uncle (her father's brother), and they are a bunch of meth addicts.

So the idea that being a 'top armorer' is sufficient to pay for divorces, possible drug habit, and shitty kids is far fetched.

Also it's been deleted but one of her Facebook profiles where she begs for money she said she'd accept anything, like $3. even.

And it's all in her name, it's like she KNOWS she is absolute trailer trash. People who think they are going somewhere in life don't put all their begging whore posts up all over social media in their real name. They use pseudonyms at the very least. She didn't do that.

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She is definitely just 'Gutierrez'. Not Gutierrez-Reed. I guess her father was absent growing up and she met him like a handful of times in her life and is milking his name to get the job as armorer.

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I'm not sure if any of those videos are her.

You appear to have crashed Porn hub. You Bastards!

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Some of these quotes aged like milk. This picture ain't aging well either.

“She was without a lot of experience, but coming from her family lineage, I thought she was exceptional, professional, and I thought she had — I still think she has — many years of an amazing career ahead of her,” Crow said.

Autism confirmed.

I guess its back to turning tricks for e-simps for Hannah Guntana.

She's going to have to do it for commissary, otherwise this girl is done.

 

[SITHRAK!]

Jeffrey Wright didn't say he checked the weapon himself, he is saying he made sure it was checked in front of him but the armorer was handling the weapon. Ray Liotta is saying the same thing.

Yes, that’s perfectly clear from what’s written there. What’s your point?

 

[beautiful person]

I guess her father was absent growing up and she met him like a handful of times in her life and is milking his name to get the job as armorer.

This is what I'm guessing. She said in the podcast interview that she'd been training as an armorer for about 2-3 years and had about 8 years of experience with guns in general. That makes her first exposure to guns be at about 16. Kids raised by gun people are exposed to and educated about guns a lot earlier than that. And the first thing they instill in their kids is gun safety. If she were raised around guns then safe handling of them would be like muscle memory to her, even at only 24.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Yes, that’s perfectly clear from what’s written there. What’s your point?

She is trying to save face for being one of the many who claims Baldwin isn't supposed to check to make sure the gun is safe at all because "that's the armorers job" even though it's clear as fucking day at this point that actors using guns are supposed to be more than dancing monkeys and follow protocol and make sure the gun is safe for themselves even if they are not preforming John Wick style takedowns of hte gun.

Daddy Baldwin can't be held accountable for killing a woman in any way, basically.

 

[MadStan]

For me this is the biggest question, if there is no footage then it means that between shots Alec Baldwin aimed a gun at the staff as a joke and pulled the trigger, which, if it isn't, should be illegal and at least a case of severe insanity with the actor.
The only alternative I can think of is that it was some sort of dry take.

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.

 

[Product Placement]

Yes, that’s perfectly clear from what’s written there. What’s your point?

That the poster clearly didn't read what they really said before making his post, that is my point

 

[X Pac Heat]

That the poster clearly didn't read what they really said before making his post

Read my post again, dipshit.

 

[Product Placement]

Read my post again, dipshit.

I did and read your other posts claiming the same bullshit. You misread what they said or just didn't read.

 

[trannyfucker]

This is what I'm guessing. She said in the podcast interview that she'd been training as an armorer for about 2-3 years and had about 8 years of experience with guns in general. That makes her first exposure to guns be at about 16. Kids raised by gun people are exposed to and educated about guns a lot earlier than that. And the first thing they instill in their kids is gun safety. If she were raised around guns then safe handling of them would be like muscle memory to her, even at only 24.

Yes not only was her father the greatest quick-draw shooter of all time, but HIS father (Thell Reed Sr.) was also a gun nut and raised his son in a way which made him an all-time great

HANDING HIS SON A PAIR OF .45 single-action Colts at the age of 7, Thell Reed Jr.'s father sparked the catalyst for a exhibition-shooting legacy that would span a lifetime. Specializing in the quick draw, Reed began turning heads before he could legally drive.

Shooting nearly 2,000 rounds each week, Reed practiced at an indoor range his father built. He won a fast-draw competition in 1958 held in Yucca Valley, California, by Colt Firearms. At that event, Reed was noticed by Hollywood talent scouts.

Shooting with the likes of actor Dee Woolem, the "Father of the Fast Draw," gave Reed a distinct advantage as he used Woolem's shot timer to time his draws. As Reed decreased his draw time, his reputation increased.

Joining the ranks of five other Combat Masters, Jeff Cooper, Jack Weaver, Ray Chapman, John Plahn and Elden Carl, Reed influenced the Modern Technique of pistol shooting. Reed and his fellow Combat Masters dominated the Leatherslap shooting events at Bear Valley Gunslingers during the late 1950s through the mid-1960s.

His signature quick draw was captured in this photo graph, while demonstrating a trick called "Beat it to the ground, halfway down!" pioneered by Woolem. Although Woolem often used a paper cup, Reed is shown here using a brick of Styrofoam. Starting with his hand above the waist and the Styrofoam on top of his fingers, Reed quickly drew his Colt and fired a blank before it could fall to his knees.

In addition to his fast-draw exhibitions, Reed became a small-arms instructor while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps. Never seeing combat, Reed was stationed stateside with orders to teach Marines heading to Vietnam modern approaches to firearm training including two-handed shooting, speed-reload skills and shooting moving targets.

 

[X Pac Heat]

I did and read your other posts claiming the same bullshit. You misread what they said or just didn't read.

Claiming what bullshit? That the actors are expected to have some due diligence in making sure the firearms they handle are in fact safe to handle?

This is getting pathetic, even for you. Take the fucking L, reddit bitch.

 

[Product Placement]

Claiming what bullshit? That the actors are expected to have some due diligence in making sure the firearms they handle are in fact safe to handle?

This is getting pathetic, even for you.

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.