Law enforcement officials are investigating Thursday’s accident, in which the New York actor Alec Baldwin fired a weapon that was used as a prop on the set of “Rust,” killing 42-year-old director of photography Halyna Hutchins and wounding her director, 48-year-old Joel Souza.
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This morning the actor sent two tweets indicating that he sits in shock with what happened.
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“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness over the tragic accident that claimed the life of Halyna Hutchins, Wife, Mother, and Colleague of Our Deeply Admired”He said, since he reported that he is fully cooperating with the police investigation to discover how this tragedy occurred.
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“I am in contact with her husband,” she added in a second message, “offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, her son and everyone who knew and loved Halyna. “
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Before the accident in which Alec Baldwin shot a director, there were problems on set
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A few hours before actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot his cinematographer, in New Mexico, at least six workers on the camera crew from that film (‘Rust’), they had left the set in protest at what they called poor working conditions. This was reported this afternoon by the Los Angeles Times.
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According to three people familiar with the matter consulted by that newspaper, the cameramen and their assistants were frustrated by the conditions surrounding the low-budget film, including complaints about long hours and paying your checks.
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The workers weren’t happy because the hotel they were staying at was too far from Bonanza Creek Ranch, where the movie was filmed. The cinematographer who died accidentally, Halyna Hutchins, had been advocating for safer conditions for them. But, it seems that, to replace them, non-unionized employees were used.
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While all that was going on, there were also security problems. “There was a serious lack of security meetings on this set,” one of the sources told the Times, revealing that this was not the first problem with the weapons on the set, as there were two failures with them before: one on Saturday and another the week before.
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Authorities investigate the set where Alec Baldwin shot a director
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On Friday, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office continued its investigation into how a prop gun ended up killing the cinematographer and injuring its director.
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So far authorities have shared very few details about the deadly incident. It is not yet known what type of weapon was being used in the film, what it was loaded with and what exactly was happening on set when it was shot.
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Juan Ríos, a spokesman for the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, reported that the shooting took place around 1:50 p.m. in Bonanza Creek Ranch, in Santa Fe County, and that the accident occurred in the middle of a scene. that was being rehearsed or filmed. He said the sheriff’s office was interviewing people on set to determine how the two victims were shot.
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The Alec Baldwin family left their Manhattan apartment after news of the accident
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In the midst of all this, the NY Post reported that Alec Baldwin’s wife, their children and even their pet were seen leaving their residence in Manhattan.
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The photos released by that outlet show a woman in sunglasses carrying some of the couple’s six children and a cat in a cage to a Cadillac SUV that was parked near their Greenwich Village apartment.
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