Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally kills a woman and injures a man while filming

El actor Alec Baldwin accidentally killed a woman and injured a man after firing a blank pistol during the filming of the movie ‘Rust’ in New Mexico, in the United States.

The woman, 42, was the cinematographer of the film and passed away while being transferred to the Hospital from the University of New Mexico by helicopter. For his part, the man, of the same age, is the director of the film and is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Christus St. Vicent medical center.

At the moment, the authorities are investigating what happened to clarify the facts and what type of projectile the weapon had, which in principle was exclusively props. “Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was fired. The incident continues to be under active investigation“The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department explained in a statement.

The agents showed up at the recording studio after receiving a call at around 2:00 p.m. (local time) that warned that a woman had just been shot while filming the western, in which Baldwin participated as co-producer and protagonist. In this sense, the newspaper ‘Deadline’, specialized in cinema, has indicated that “a main member of the cast drew and cocked the gun not knowing it was loaded, wounding a man in the shoulder and a woman in the stomach “.

Sources close to the investigation have told AFP that the actor spoke with the agents “voluntarily and left the building after answering several questions.” At the moment, it has not commented on the matter.

The company in charge of the film’s production has issued a letter saying that the complete team is “devastated” by what happened and agrees to offer psychological help to all persons related to the filming, which will be suspended indefinitely. “We send our deepest condolences to the family of Halyna (Hutchins) and their loved ones,” he added.

The newspaper ‘Santa Fe New Mexican’ has published several photographs in which the actor appears very distressed after the accident with the director of photography and the director of the film.