Alec Baldwin has made his first public assertion since a fatal shooting on the set of his new movie on Thursday.
“There aren’t any phrases to convey my shock and disappointment concerning the tragic accident that took the lifetime of Halyna Hutchins, a spouse, mom and deeply admired colleague of ours,” Baldwin tweeted on Friday. “I am absolutely cooperating with the police investigation to deal with how this tragedy occurred and I’m in contact together with her husband, providing my assist to him and his household. My coronary heart is damaged for her husband, their son, and all who knew and beloved Halyna.”
The actor was in New Mexico filming his western movie “Rust,” which he is starring in and producing. He discharged a prop firearm on the set, which resulted within the dying of Halyna Hutchins, 42, the movie’s director of pictures.
The movie’s director Joel Souza, 48, was additionally injured within the incident.
The incident occurred at about 1:50 p.m. native time Thursday, investigators mentioned. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned the investigation “stays open and energetic” and no costs have been filed.”
In keeping with investigators, it seems that the scene being filmed concerned the usage of a prop firearm when it was discharged, a press release from legislation enforcement mentioned. “Detectives are investigating how and what sort of projectile was discharged.”
This kind of incident has occurred earlier than on units. Whereas filming the film “The Crow” in 1993, actor Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee, was killed when struck by a bullet from a gun that was alleged to have simply blanks, however had a bullet lodged within the barrel.
Even blanks will be lethal if fired at very shut vary. In 1984, actor John-Erik Hexum was taking part in round with a gun on the set of “Cowl Up: Golden Alternative” and died after placing the gun to his head and pulling the set off.
