According to the investigators, the drama seems linked to a firearm serving as an accessory, and which was operated during a scene of the film shot in New Mexico.
Le Monde with AFP
A woman was killed and another person injured by a shot, Thursday, October 21, on the filming of Rust, a Western with Alec Baldwin in progress in New Mexico, the United States.
The 42-year-old woman was evacuated by helicopter to a neighboring hospital but “succumbed to his wounds”, while the second victim, a man of the same age, has been admitted into intensive care, specify the Santa Fe County Sheriff Services in a Communiqué.
According to the investigators who traveled on the spot after receiving an emergency call, the drama seems to be linked to a firearm serving as an accessory and which was activated on the filming of the film. “Investigators seek what kind of projectile was pulled and how”, explains the press release, which does not specify the number of shots.
According to the site Deadline specialized in entertainment, one of the actors of the film would have operated a weapon during a repetition without suspecting that real ammunition were there .
Loop filming site
A spokesperson for production then confirmed at the site that “there was an accident (…) involving the accidental shot of a revolver in white”. It specifies that “two members of the filming team were transported to the hospital”.
The site of the filming, the Ranch Bonanza Creek abundantly used in the Westerns, was closed on Thursday afternoon, according to local media.
rust is a Western written and directed by Joel Souza, with Alec Baldwin as a co-producer and in the role of an off-law, Harland Rust, who helps his 13-year-old sentenced to the hanging for a murder. A photo published Thursday morning on The Instagram account of L ‘Artist seems to show it on the places of the filming of Rust, which also participates in the Australian Travis Fimmel, famous for his role of Ragnar Lothbrok in the Vikings series.
In March 1993, the Brandon Lee actor had died on the filming of the Crow after being injured in the belly by bullet.
The weapon used to pull during a scene on the son of the Martial Arts Star Bruce Lee, then 27, was supposed to contain only bullets in white. But the autopsy revealed that he had been touched by a caliber projectile .44 remained blocked in the barrel and dislodged with the detonation of the white cartridge. The survey prosecutor had concluded “negligence”.