the director of photography killed, the director wounded- Corriere.it

Tragedy on the set of the western movie Rust, in production in New Mexico, United States. According to the first fragmentary and confused reconstruction, the leading actor Alec Baldwin, who was also a co-producer, wielded a prop gun at the end of some shots to unload it and several shots went off:
Halyna Hutchins, 42, director of photography, was injured and died during transport to the hospital. At least one bullet reached director Joel Souza, 48, hospitalized in serious condition in Santa Fe. At the moment no accusation has been formalized for the incident, which is the subject of investigation. It was an accident, it was an accident the 68-year-old actor repeated in tears and in shock.

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Hutchins and Souza were shot when Baldwin unloaded a gun used in the filming of the film, said the Santa Fe sheriff explaining that the director of photography later died from the severity of her injuries.

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`Rust a western written and directed by Joel Souza and tells the outlaw story Harland Rust, who comes to the aid of his 13-year-old nephew sentenced to hang for murder.

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