ABC News: “A cinematographer working on the film ‘Rust’ is dead and the director is hospitalized after an accident involving star Alec Baldwin and a misfiring prop gun during filming Thursday, authorities said. The Western, starring Baldwin and Jensen Ackles of ‘Supernatural,’ began filming this month at Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch, a film location in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“Deputies with the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the film set around 2 p.m. local time after a 911 caller ‘reported a shooting on the set,’ the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
“Two people were shot after a prop firearm was discharged during filming, authorities said. Baldwin fired the prop gun, striking the film’s director, Joel Souza, and director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, the sheriff’s office said In a follow-up statement Thursday night. Detectives are still determining ‘how and what type of projectile was discharged,’ the sheriff’s office said earlier.”