Prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin kills woman on set--police

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US actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director on a film set in New Mexico, US law enforcement officers said Thursday.

The incident happened on the set of 'Rust' in the southwestern US state, where Baldwin is playing the lead in a 19th-century western.Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza 'were shot when a prop firearm was discharged by Alec Baldwin,' the sheriff in Santa Fe said in a statement.Hutchins, 42, was transported to hospital by helicopter but died of her wounds, while Souza, 48, was taken by ambulance and is receiving treatment.'Mr.

Baldwin co-produces the film and stars as Harland Rust, an outlaw whose grandson is convicted of murder, and who goes on the run with him when the boy is sentenced to hang for the crime.The 63-year-old posted a photograph earlier Thursday on Instagram showing him apparently on set, dressed in a period costume and with fake blood on his shirt.'Back to in-person at the office. Blimey... it's exhausting,' he captioned the picture, which went online several hours before the incident.

 

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