Alec Baldwin Fatally Shoots Crew Member With Prop Firearm, Authorities Say

The movie’s director of photography was killed and the director was injured on the set of “Rust,” a Western, a sheriff’s office in New Mexico said.

By Alyssa Lukpat and Michael Levenson

Published Oct. 21, 2021
Updated Oct. 22, 2021, 10:57 a.m. ET

Live updates: Cinematographer Dies After Fatal Shooting on Set of Baldwin Film

Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of a Western he was making in New Mexico on Thursday, killing the film’s director of photography and wounding the movie’s director, the authorities said.

The cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, 42, was killed, and the director, Joel Souza, 48, was injured around 1:50 p.m. on the set of “Rust,” said Juan Rios, a spokesman for the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. The circumstances of the shooting are under investigation.

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