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Alec Baldwin Discharges Prop Gun, Killing Crew Member, Injuring Director On Movie Set
A cinematographer was killed and a director injured after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of a movie being produced in Santa Fe, New Mexico, authorities said.
The incident happened just before 2 p.m. Pacific Time Thursday, Oct. 21, at a rank in the area, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said.
The cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, age 42, and director, Joel Souza, age 48, were working with the 63-year-old Baldwin on the set of “Rust," a Western.
Baldwin was seen outside the sheriff’s office headquarters "distraught and in tears while on the phone," acco…
