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.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Baldwin's Union Buster

‘Rust’ Line Producer Had a Previous Labor Violation
Gabrielle Pickle, who served as line producer on the Alec Baldwin film, fired members of a 2018 film crew for attempting to unionize and called the police on them.

A line producer on Rust was named in a previous unfair labor practices settlement, parts of which mirror treatment that crew have said they experienced on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin indie Western before that production shut down on Oct. 21.

In October of 2018, crewmembers on the set of the low-budget Atlanta production Keys to the City grew concerned about safety and began trying to flip their set from nonunion to union. The production’s two line producers, one of whom is Gabrielle Pickle, the line producer named on the call sheet for Rust, began interrogating the seven-person camera crew that had been a part of the push. Pickle ultimately fired the camera crew “because they signed union authorization cards,” violating the National Labor Relations Act, according to a 2019 settlement agreement reached between IATSE and the production company, Tier 2 Films.

 

[Un Platano]

The example was brought up

Nice passive voice, dipshit. It was brought up because you brought it up. It's tangentially related at best, but you would never pass up a chance to sperg some more about another one of your retarded pedophile conspiracies.

 

[Product Placement]

 

[RodgerDodger]

He's never going to make it to arrest or trial. His own lawyers will kill him first.

 

[BobbyBriggs69420]

Nice top comment there

 

[Snekposter]

He's never going to make it to arrest or trial. His own lawyers will kill him first.

Dammit. Menotaur's going to get proven right and we'll never live it down afterwards.

 

[X Prime]

Even in that scenario, he'll just get so excited at being right for once in his life that he'll have another heart attack.

 

[Pee Cola]

This may be the dumb cunt responsible for bringing on Gutierrez.

Spoiler: Gabrielle Pickle

She is fat and I would not put my pickle inside her.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Can we get a transcript of that?

Spoiler: Gabrielle Pickle

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She is fat and I would not put my pickle inside her.

And looks exactly like I'd somehow expected; a giant ballbusting battle axe.

 

[theshep]

¡Olé!

 

[Pee Cola]

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¡Olé!

Way to rub salt into Matthew Hutchins' wounds, Hilaria.

 

[D_Tractor]

Alec was so distraught over the tragic unavoidable death of his best friend that he was forced to take his wife and crying children to go on a shopping spree at the Polo by Ralph Lauren outlet in Manchester, Vermont. He didn't even get a chance to visit the Armani outlet or the Orvis gun shop in the town before the paparazzi victimized him.

Alec Baldwin ditches beard and shops in Vermont amid ‘Rust’ shooting investigation

Alec Baldwin surfaced in Vermont a week after fatally shooting a cinematographer and injuring his director when his prop gun was improperly loaded on the set of the Western “Rust.”

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Alec Baldwin shops in Vermont amid 'Rust' shooting investigation

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(btw It's completely legal to concealed or open Carry a handgun in Vermont without any kind of permit)

 

[BBChannel]

Can we get a transcript of that?

Sure. There were unintelligible parts and the clip does a sudden cut to repeat itself. I snipped the repeat text out at "sudden cut".

Spoiler: Transcript

Alec: Let's go--let's go.

Interviewer: I will

Alec: What do you want to know?

Interviewer: Hey Alec, what's the current state of what's going on the case--

Alec: I'm not allowed to make any comments because this is an on-going investigation. I've been ordered by the Sheriff's Department in Santa Fe. I can't answer any questions about the investigation; I can't. It's an active investigation in terms of a woman dying. She was my friend! She was my friend. The day I arrived in Santa Fe to start shooting, I took her to dinner with Joel the director. We were a very very--excuse me. We were a very very, you know well-oiled crew, shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened. Now, I've been told multiple times, "Don't make any comments about the on-going investigation", and I can't! I can't I can't. That's it.

Interviewer: When you met--

Alec: Wha-

Interviewer: Sorry.

Alec: What other questions do you have for me?

Interviewer: Have you met with the--um--um-sorry I forget her name at the moment. Have you met with her family?

Alec and his wife: Halyna

Alec: Halyna Hutc--
Wife: Her name is Halyna! If you're spending this much time waiting for us, you should know her name--

Alec: --You don't know her name.

Wife: her name is Halyna

Alec: Halyna Hutchins, I met with her husband Mathew and her son, yeah, that's right.

Interviewer: And how did that make you feel?

Alec: Uhhh, I wouldn't know how to characterize it. The-They-They're mortified--

Wife: You guys, you guys, you know what--no details.

Alec: Wo-Would you do me a favor? I'm gonna ask some questions.

Interviewer: While I appreciate it that he probably was very upset.

Alec: The-the-the guy is overwhelmed with grief. This is something that, you know, there are incidental accidents, uhh on film sets, um from time to time; but nothing like this. This is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion death. And so, he is in shock; has a nine-year-old son; you know we are in constant contact with him, because we're very worried about his family. And uhh his kid, and uhh. That said, we're eagerly awaiting for the Sheriff's Department to tell us what the investigation has yielded. What else do you know?

Interviewer: Would you ever work on another film set that involves uhh firearms of that nature?

Alec: I couldn't answer that question. I really--I really dont have any--I have no sense of it all. I do know that an on-going effort to limit the use of firearms in--on film sets is something I'm extremely interested in--yeah but--where you--but remember. Something that I think is important, that is, how many bullets have been fired in films and tv shows in the last 75 years? This is America. How many bullets have gone off? in movies--[Sudden CUT]--and on tv sets before. Probably billions. And in less than 75 years and nearly, all of them without incident. So, what has to happen that was. You have to realize that when it does go wrong and if this horrible catastrophic thing. Some new measures have to take place. Rubber guns, plastic guns, no live--no real[unintelligible] that's not for me to decide. It's urgent. It's urgent that you understand that I'm not an expert in this field. So, whatever other people decide is the best way to go in terms of protecting people's safety on film sets. I'm all in favor of and I will cooperate with that in any way I can.

Interviewer: Do you have any further projects? Any other works at the moment or is everything on hold--

Alec: No no. That's irrelevant to what we're talking about.

Interviewer: alright, fair enough.
Do you think production will start up again?

Alec: no, I doubt it. [unintelligible] Was there anything else?

Interviewer: Why Vermont, Alex--

Wife&Alec: because we--just that's private
Alec: No no, that's because--yeah that's private. Anything else?

Interviewer: okay.

Alec: So just do me a favor if you don't mind. My kids are in the car, crying.

Wife: because you guys are following and they know.

Alec: All we want to do, as a courtesy to you, I came to talk to you. Look, I'm not allowed to comment on the investigation. I talk to the cops every day. I'm with them every day to find out what hap--

Interviewer: with or you were?

Alec: both both. you know I'm cooperating with them. My point is that. Is that I'm just asking. We sat down as a courtesy to have a talk to you. Now please would you just stop following us for the rest of--

Wife: just just go home

Alec: we gave you everything we could possibly give you

Wife: just go home.

Interviewer: thank you. condolences and thank you

Wife: just turn it off.

 

[SITHRAK!]

The most repulsive thing about this is that the rules he’s talking about are already in place for films in CA, but he OPTED not to use them in NM- even though he could have.
This is a transparent attempt to place the blame on circumstance and a failure due to a lack of safety process, when said processes exist and are clearly documented- which he would absolutely fucking know, as a producer and actor. What a cunt.

 

[Product Placement]

Going from the video seems like the movie won't be finished. Do hope all the set workers who did do their jobs correctly will get full pay

 

[SITHRAK!]

She is fat and I would not put my pickle inside her.

To be fair, she started life as Gabrielle Cucumber...

 

[Make Anime Illegal]

I've been ordered by the Sheriff's Department in Santa Fe. I can't answer any questions about the investigation; I can't. It's an active investigation in terms of a woman dying.

His understanding of the first amendment is almost as bad as his understanding of the second amendment. What a fucking moron.

 

[MadStan]

I think it is rather odd we haven't had a case laid out before the public at this point in time. Some odd things have certainly surfaced about the rounds in the gun. While the news is ambiguous to say the least, if I am reading into it right there is a train of thought that there was a single live round mixed in with the others. Which would mean the live round was loaded into the chamber to be the first to go off before the others.

What if the Armourer - for a moment - we assume is telling the truth and she swears on her life she loaded safe rounds? And the Assistant Producer was being a dick and just passed it off the Baldwin (either way this is true for the Assistant Producer)?

Is it possible a disgruntled crew member loaded a live round to get back at the company?

I'd normally throw this sort of an idea into the realms of fantasy, but given what happened at the set that day, are we looking at something more disturbing?

Of course the armourer would claim they loaded all safe rounds, but the fact that it appears just one was live is very strange. However, there is also a report from someone else that states the Armourer actually took the gun away and removed all the casings from the gun.

I can't wait for the investigation to tell us what actually happened. There is so much speculation.

 

[SITHRAK!]

What if the Armourer - for a moment - we assume is telling the truth and she swears on her life she loaded safe rounds?

Under industry best-practice safety rules, which should have been followed (although weren't due to the scab crew), the weapon should not have been loaded at all, even with inert dummy rounds, for a practice or scene setup.
Those rules state that you practice with a replica, deactivated or confirmed empty firearm. The fact that the pistol was loaded at all was already a breach of established on-set safe weapon handling process.

 

[MadStan]

Under industry best-practice safety rules, which should have been followed (although weren't due to the scab crew), the weapon should not have been loaded at all, even with inert dummy rounds, for a practice or scene setup.
Those rules state that you practice with a replica, deactivated or confirmed empty firearm. The fact that the pistol was loaded at all was already a breach of established on-set safe weapon handling process.

Fair enough. But if we forget that for a moment and go to the statement by the lawyers for the Armourer that claim the gun did have blanks, it seems very very strange an armourer would load a bunch of blanks and a single live round.

Or then there is the other statement from a witness that stated the armourer removed all the casings from the gun after the shooting, perhaps she swapped the existence of live rounds for "fakes" to cover her tracks and her mistake?

Or, maybe she is telling the truth and did believe she loaded safe rounds.

The only one to pony up to any liability at this stage is the Assistant Director who admits he didn't check the gun properly, so we know that protocol is a certain failure. It makes sense what he says - he is a fucking idiot and has admitted as much by this admission.

Now the Armourer needs to come clean about what happened; but if the police believe her, then they have to entertain some darker implications of how the live round got there.

I wonder if this is really beyond the local police department and some bigger guns with more sophisticated techniques and resources need to be bought into the equation.