{"id":14900,"date":"2021-10-22T15:39:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T22:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=14900"},"modified":"2023-01-16T00:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:18:14","slug":"alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-cinematographer-during-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/alec-baldwin-accidentally-kills-cinematographer-during-filming\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin accidentally kills cinematographer during filming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0<strong>Variety<\/strong>, actor\u00a0<strong>Alec Baldwin<\/strong> fired a gun at the film set in New Mexico this Thursday, October 21st, accidentally killing director of photography <strong>Halyna Hutchins<\/strong>\u00a0and wounding director\u00a0<strong>Joel Souza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The episode occurred during the filming of the movie &#8220;<strong>Rust<\/strong>&#8220;, an independent production that was filmed at Bonanza Creek Ranch in southern Santa Fe. The\u00a0<strong>director<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>photography<\/strong>\u00a042 was transported by helicopter to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, but did not resist and\u00a0<strong>died<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Joel, 48, took an ambulance to the Regional Medical Center, where he is treating the\u00a0<strong>wounds<\/strong>, according to the Santa Fe Police Station. In a statement, the local sheriff&#8217;s office said:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>They were shot when Alec Baldwin, 68, producer and actor, fired a gun<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasdistrict1\/status\/1451388683358285837\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot one person and injured another in what seem to be an accident on the set of his new movie involving a prop gun. <br \/>Production has been halted due to the ongoing investigation but authorities say no charges have been filed<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alecbaldwin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#alecbaldwin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DallasDistrict?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DallasDistrict<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b4fSpbfTA3\">pic.twitter.com\/b4fSpbfTA3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dallas District (@dallasdistrict1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasdistrict1\/status\/1451388683358285837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also according to the publication, no one has been\u00a0<strong>arrested<\/strong>\u00a0and so far no\u00a0<strong>charges<\/strong>\u00a0have been filed\u00a0.\u00a0Detectives continue to interview witnesses and the incident is being considered in an &#8220;<strong><em>open and active<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0investigation, as the sheriff&#8217;s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>The Santa Fe County Sheriff&#8217;s Office confirms that two people were shot while filming a scene on the western set of the movie &#8216;Rust.&#8217;\u00a0According to investigators, it appears that the scene being filmed involved the use of a weapon at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was fired<\/strong><\/em>\u201d the sheriff&#8217;s office reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>The production company&#8217;s owner and executive director of production,\u00a0<strong>John Lindley<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Rhine<\/strong>, also spoke:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>We received devastating news tonight that one of our members, Halyna Hutchins, the director of photography for a production called &#8216;Rust&#8217; in New Mexico, died from injuries sustained on set (\u2026) Details are unclear about so we are working to learn more and we support a thorough investigation into this tragic event.\u00a0This is a terrible loss, and we mourn the passing of a member of our Guild family<\/strong><\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0Variety, actor\u00a0Alec Baldwin fired a gun at the film set in New Mexico this Thursday, October 21st, accidentally killing director of photography Halyna Hutchins\u00a0and wounding director\u00a0Joel Souza. The episode occurred during the filming of the movie &#8220;Rust&#8220;, an independent production that was filmed at Bonanza Creek Ranch in southern Santa Fe. 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