Director of Photography shot and killed on movie set

[frejabehaerich]

The 42-year-old director of photography died from her injuries https://t.co/DYCuKmfWNd
- TMZ (@TMZ) October 22, 2021
TMZ has reported that Halyna Hutchins, the Director of Photography on an Alec Baldwin film titled "Rust" was accidentally killed when filming a scene for the movie

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[sandstorm]

According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office, Baldwin fired the gun. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was also hit, and was receiving emergency care at a hospital in Santa Fe. https://t.co/7Xybp84H8M
- Variety (@Variety) October 22, 2021

[glitterslugs]

holy shit.

[sandstorm]

I feel bad for Halyna and Souza, but damn imagine working and accidentally killing one, maybe 2 people, to make your old man western.

[glitterslugs]

and like even tho you didn't load it, you'd 100% feel like the blame is on you. i cannot imagine

[turtleisland]

What an awful and tragic accident. :(

[frandappery]

Alec Baldwin is the one who discharged the weapon holy shit

[euraylie]

How do you even process that

[frandappery]

I can't imagine. Fuck whoever was this negligent.

[crazyfreakyaj]

unless he is a total monster (possible), he is going to be permanently fucked up about this

[carolinalily]

This is truly horrifying. RIP to Hutchins and hopefully a speedy recovery for Souza.

How could this even happen? What is going on with a prop dept that they don’t make sure a gun to be used as a prop is safe to fire?

[bullybreed]

Brandon Lee, Bruce’s son, died on the set of the Crow when he was shot with a prop gun. I can’t imagine just how traumatic an accident like these would be for everyone in set

[jinxeh13]

Jon-Erik Hexum also died by putting a prop gun up to his temple and pulling the trigger, just as a "joke" when he got bored on set - he hadn't known that even blanks can cause damage at very close range, and the force of it shattered a small part of his skull and and propelled the pieces into his brain.

[unmellow_yellow]

You can't even fuck with bullets that haven't been fired. Even slamming one down in a shell casing on a table can discharge it.

Also i wish more ppl knew that when building a campfire, never use rocks from near the water. Heat in waterlogged rocks literally explode when exposed to heat and there are videos of this.

[bttrsondaughter]

the hollywood reporter just posted an article about this story and the sheriff confirmed alec discharged the gun. the director of the movie is in critical condition and the cinematographer died