LAHORE MIRROR (Monitoring Desk)– Actor Alec Baldwin has expressed his shock and sadness after fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun on a New Mexico film set.
He tweeted that he was in touch with her husband and had offered support.
“My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,” he wrote.
Ms Hutchins, 42, was shot on the set of the western Rust while working as director of photography.
“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours,” he tweeted.
“I’m fully co-operating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred.”Ms Hutchins was flown to hospital by helicopter after the shooting on Thursday afternoon but died of her injuries.
Director Joel Souza, 48, was injured and taken from the scene at Bonanza Creek Ranch by ambulance.
A spokesman for Mr Baldwin, best known for his role as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for his portrayal of Donald Trump on sketch show Saturday Night Live, said the incident involved the misfiring of a prop gun with blanks.
Police are trying to establish what type of projectile left the prop gun and how. Local media reported that Mr Baldwin was seen outside the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office in tears.
A spokeswoman for the local district attorney’s office told BBC News that the investigation is still its “preliminary” stage.
“At this time, we do not know if charges will be filed,” said First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies.
The actor is a co-producer of Rust and plays its namesake, an outlaw whose 13-year-old grandson is convicted of manslaughter.
The eldest of four brothers, all actors, Mr Baldwin has starred in numerous TV and film roles since the 1980s.
Ms Hutchins was from Ukraine and grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle, according to her personal website. She studied journalism in Kyiv, and film in Los Angeles, and was named a “rising star” by the American Cinematographer magazine in 2019.
SOURCE: BBC NEWS
