Alec Baldwin has expressed his deep “shock and sadness” after he accidentally killed a cinematographer and wounded a director when discharging a prop gun on the set of his latest film in New Mexico, police have said.
Sheriff’s officials in Santa Fe said Halyna Hutchins, director of photography for the movie Rust, and director Joel Souza were shot on Thursday.
Baldwin tweeted on Friday, expressing his condolences to Hutchins’s family and calling the shooting an accident.
Police were called to Bonanza Creek Ranch, a purpose-built film set near Santa Fe, shortly before 2pm local time on Thursday.