The woman died and a man was injured when a prop gun misfired at the New Mexico location, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.The killed woman was identified as cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and the injured man as director Joel Souza, 48.An active investigation is being conducted by the Sheriff’s Office but no charges have been filed.The filming location at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Sante Fe was initially sent into lockdown and production was halted following what was characterised by a production spokesperson as an “accident”.“There was an accident today on the New Mexico set of Rust involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks,” the spokesperson told Deadline.Authorities confirmed Hutchins was taken by helicopter to the University of New Mexico Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Souza was transported by ambulance to a different facility.Sources told TMZ that either shrapnel or a bullet struck two production workers on site. Baldwin was not injured, the outlet reported. Hutchins has primarily worked on short films since graduating from the American Film Institute in 2015, but lensed the 2020 feature Archenemy.Earlier in the day, Baldwin posted a photo of himself dressed in western wear from the set. “Back to in person at the office,” Baldwin captioned the post. “Blimey…it’s exhausting.”Rust — a western feature that is also being produced by Baldwin — began filming this month.Baldwin plays outlaw Harland Rust, who, while on the run from the law himself, helps bust his 13-year-old grandson out of prison in Kansas after the teen is convicted of murder, according to Deadline.The movie also starred Frances Fisher and Jensen Ackles.This story appeared in the NY Post and has been reproduced with permission.
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