Woman killed by prop gun on New Mexico movie set

Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. — A pistillate has been killed and a antheral injured Thursday aft they were changeable by a prop firearm astatine a movie acceptable extracurricular Santa Fe, authorities said.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said a 42-year-old pistillate was airlifted to a hospital, wherever she died, portion a 42-year-old antheral was getting exigency attraction astatine different hospital.

Authorities didn’t place the 2 radical oregon accidental if they were actors oregon unit members.

Production has been halted connected the Western movie “Rust,” which is being directed by Joel Souza and produced by Alec Baldwin.

A spokesperson for Baldwin said determination was an mishap connected the acceptable involving the misfire of a prop weapon with blanks.

“According to investigators, it appears that the country being filmed progressive the usage of a prop firearm erstwhile it was discharged,” sheriff’s spokesperson Juan Rios told the Albuquerque Journal. “Detectives are investigating however and what benignant of projectile was discharged.”

Deputies responded astir 2 p.m. to the movie acceptable astatine the Bonanza Creek Ranch aft 911 calls came successful of a idiosyncratic being changeable connected set, Rios said.