Cast and crew members from the movie Rust Los Angeles-based photographer Halina Hutchins mourns tragic death after actor Alec Baldwin A prop shot a gunshot that killed Hutchin and injured the director Joel Shuja.
Baldwin, 63, dropped a prop gun at 1:50 p.m. Hutchins, 42, the movie’s photography director and Western film director, were both injured Thursday afternoon, October 21, local time at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico.
Hutchins was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where he was pronounced dead.
Shuja, 48, was taken by ambulance to another medical center and has since been released, his representative said. NBC News.
“I have no words to express my shock and sorrow at the tragic loss of life of our wife, mother and our deeply admired colleague Halina Hutchins. I fully support the police investigation into how this tragedy happened, “Baldwin tweeted on Friday, October 22. “I am in contact with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for those who knew and loved her husband, their son and Halina.
Throughout his professional career, Hutchins has acted in more than 30 films since graduating from the American Film Institute Conservatory program.
He was a rising star in cinematography, working as the director of photography for the latest feature film. The main enemyActing Joe ManganiloAnd DarleneA horror feature.
Her husband Matthew HutchinsHe said he was still in mourning after the tragedy that led to the film’s creation Rust Coming to stop
“I don’t think there are words to communicate the situation,” Matthew said Internal In a statement. “I will not be able to comment on the information or process of what we are going through at the moment, but I appreciate that everyone is very sympathetic. I think it will take us a while before we can get his life back on track. “
On April 25, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department released all of the photos and videos compiled during the crime scene and their investigation.
“Today, the sheriff’s office is releasing all files related to our ongoing investigation,” Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said in a statement. “The files relate to all the rusty movie set investigations and the lapel / dash camera footage of deputies and detectives, incident reports, crime scene pictures, test reports, witness interviews, set videos and staff photos collected during this investigation. “
In addition to the published evidence, “various elements of the investigation remain outstanding, including the FBI’s DNA and latent fingerprint analysis, including firearms and ballistic forensics, the New Mexico Medical Examiner’s investigative report, and Mr. Alec Baldwin’s phone data analysis.” By Suffolk County Sheriff’s Investigators, “Mendoza added.
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