The film's director of cinematography, Halyna Hutchins, has died.
On Thursday, under unclear circumstances, Alec Baldwin discharged a firearm on the set of his latest film, killing the film’s director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza, the. The incident is still under investigation by authorities in New Mexico. Baldwin has not been arrested or charged with a crime.
Hutchins and Souza, who were shot on the scene, were taken to local hospitals for treatment. Hutchins later died at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. She was only 42 years old. Production on the film has been halted while the investigation is underway. On film and television sets, it is common practice to have safety specialists on set whenever weapons, fire, or large amounts of water are involved in a scene. The specialists who are usually sent by film studios to protect their investments are responsible for ensuring that no one is injured, seriously or otherwise, and would likely have been present on Thursday in New Mexico.
The current assumption is that if Baldwin was firing a prop gun loaded with a blank, he may have been too close to Hutchins and Souza when the gun was discharged. An armorer who spoke to theexplained that typically the safest distance from which to fire a prop gun is 20 feet. However, authorities have not confirmed what kind of firearm and what kind of projectile were involved in this particular shooting.
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