United States: Alec Baldwin at the origin of a fatal shooting on the set of a western

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A drama occurred Thursday, October 21 on the set of a western. Actor Alec Baldwin killed the director of photography and seriously injured the director of the film, with one of the weapons used in the filming. The production evokes an accident.

Thursday, October 21, in the afternoon, a drama unfolded on a ranch in New Mexico (United States), where the filming of a western was taking place. According to preliminary elements of the investigation, actor Alec Baldwin was the source of the shots, which fatally affected the director of photography of the film, Halyna Cackling, 42 years old. Seriously injured, the director Joel Sousa is also in critical condition.

The accidental thesis is favored by the police. “It appears that the filmed scene required the use of an unloaded firearm. Investigators are trying to find out how and what type of projectile was there “, the Sante County Sheriff’s Office said Fe, in a press release. For Xavier Beauvois, director, the event is “incomprehensible”. “A blank bullet doesn’t look like real ammunition at all”, he explains.

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