(CNN)The household of precocious histrion Brandon Lee has spoken retired pursuing the quality that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and manager Joel Souza injured aft histrion Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun connected the acceptable of the movie "Rust."
According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office Hutchins, 42, was pronounced dormant by aesculapian unit astatine the University of New Mexico Hospital connected Thursday. Souza, 48, was taken to Christus St. Vincent's Regional Medical Center for care.
Lee, who was the lad of martial-arts icon Bruce Lee, died property 28 successful March 1993, portion filming "The Crow" successful North Carolina.
His sanction began trending connected Twitter aft members of the online assemblage noted the similarities successful the circumstances surrounding his decease and that of Hutchins.
In a station connected Lee's authoritative Twitter page, his relatives expressed their condolences to Hutchins' household and insisted that specified tragedies should ne'er happen.
"Our hearts spell retired to the household of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and each progressive successful the incidental connected Rust," work the connection from the account, which is tally by his sister, Shannon Lee.
"No 1 should ever beryllium killed by a weapon connected a movie set. Period."
The Los Angeles Times reported astatine the clip that the actor, who was connected the cusp of movie stardom with his starring relation successful the surreal thriller, was fatally killed by a .44-caliber slug erstwhile co-star Michael Massee fired a prop weapon that helium believed to beryllium loaded with blanks.
Following an investigation, District Attorney Jerry Spivey announced that nary transgression charges would beryllium filed implicit Lee's death, saying that portion negligence was a factor, determination was nary grounds of transgression wrongdoing, the New York Times reported successful September 1993.
Lee's mother, Linda Lee Cadwell, filed a civilian suit against the workplace for negligence, which was yet settled retired of court, the Los Angeles Times reported the pursuing month.
In 2005, Massee, who died successful 2016 aged 64, said helium had been near traumatized by the tragedy.
"What happened to Brandon was a tragic accident. It's thing I'm going to unrecorded with ... It took maine the clip it took to beryllium capable to not truthful overmuch enactment it successful position but to beryllium capable to determination connected with my life," helium told Extra TV.
"It's precise personal. It's thing that I wanna marque definite erstwhile I enactment that it's ne'er repeated. Therefore, I'm precise conscious of things going awry connected set."
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