Halyna Hutchins last couple of posts showed how excited she was to be working on this Alec Baldwin western, and then it ends in tragedy.
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Related: Man In The Wilderness – The Other Hugh Glass Movie The email further stated that “ a live single round was accidentally fired on set by the principal actor, hitting both the Director of Photography, Local 600 member Halyna Hutchins, and Director Joel Souza. The email said there were no Local 44 union members listed on the call sheet for the day. The Los Angeles Times reported that the film’s props, set decoration, special effects, and construction departments were staffed by a local New Mexico crew with questionable experience, according to an email sent to members of Local 44, a North Hollywood-based chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). The AP says it’s unclear how many rounds were fired during the incident and that little is known about the prop gun in question. Investigators took Baldwin’s blood-stained costume for the film, the prop gun that he fired, and other prop guns and ammunition that were being used for the film, as evidence. The warrant also says Hutchins was shot in the chest and that Souza was standing behind her. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was also injured when Alec Baldwin fired the prop gun. The AP says the assistant director, who is unidentified, did not know the prop gun was loaded with live rounds, according to the warrant. 22) that a warrant filed in a Santa Fe court says Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon by an assistant director on the film who indicated it was safe to use moments before he shot Hutchins. The Associated Press reported late Friday evening (Oct. The scuttlebutt on Twitter and among those in the know points to Hutchins’ death being the result of pure negligence and not a freak accident involving a blank cartridge, as early reports suggested. The incident is currently under investigation by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. Veteran actor Alec Baldwin ( 30 Rock) reportedly shot a prop gun during filming, which somehow fired a projectile that killed Hutchins and also injured Director Joel Souza, who was treated at a local hospital and released. 21, when an accident involving a prop gun took the life of Halyna Hutchins (above, right), the film’s director of photography. Tragedy struck the New Mexico set of a movie called Rust yesterday, Oct.