Oroville Mercury-Register

Sheriff: Baldwin fired shot on set that killed woman

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SANTA FE, N.M. » A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is starring and producing a Western movie, killed his director of photograph­y and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside Santa Fe, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff’s officials said Halyna Hutchins, director of photograph­y for the movie “Rust,” and director Joel Souza were shot.

Hutchins, 42, was airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital, where she was pronounced dead by medical personnel, authoritie­s said.

Souza, 48, was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where he’s undergoing treatment for his injuries.

Production has been halted on the film.

A spokespers­on for Baldwin said there was an accident on the set involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reported the 68-yearold Baldwin was seen Thursday outside the sheriff’s office in tears.

“The details are unclear at this moment, but we are working to learn more, and we support a full investigat­ion into this tragic event,” guild president John Lindley and executive director Rebecca Rhine said in a statement.

Hutchins, 42, was director of photograph­y on the 2020 action film “Archenemy,” starring Joe Manganiell­o. A 2015 graduate of the American Film Institute, she was named a “rising star” by American Cinematogr­apher in 2019.

Deputies responded about 2 p.m. to the movie set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch after 911 calls came in of a person being shot on set, sheriff’s spokesman Juan Rios said.

He said detectives were investigat­ing how and what type of projectile was discharged.

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