Alec Baldwin Fires Prop Gun on Set, Killing Cinematographer

[Amadeus Arkham]

Alec Baldwin cocked and fired a gun meant to be loaded with blanks on the set of a Western movie in Santa Fe on Thursday, hitting the film’s director and cinematographer.

Halyna Hutchins, 42, was airlifted from the set of Rust, which began filming at Bonanza Creek Ranch this month, mid-afternoon to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Baldwin also hit the film’s director, Joel Souza, 48, according to the Santa Fe County sheriff. Souza remains in intensive care. The sheriff said in a statement the two were shot when a prop firearm was discharged by Alec Baldwin, 68, producer and actor. Baldwin reportedly did not know the prop contained live rounds.

Wow, so sad.