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On March 31, 1993, Lee was filming a scene in
The Crow where his character is shot and killed by thugs.
[97] In the scene, Lee's character walks into his apartment and discovers his fiancée being beaten and raped, and a thug played by actor
Michael Massee fires a
Smith & Wesson Model 629 .44 Magnum revolver at Lee's character as he walks into the room.
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In the
film shoot preceding the fatal scene, the
prop gun (which was a real revolver) was loaded with improperly-made
dummy rounds, improvised from live
cartridges that had the
powder charges removed by the
special effects crew, so in
close-ups the revolver would show normal-looking ammunition. However, the crew neglected to remove the
primers from the cartridges, and at some point before the fatal event, one of the rounds had been fired. Although there were no powder charges, the energy from the ignited primer was enough to separate the bullet from the casing and push it part-way into the
gun barrel, where it got stuck — a dangerous condition known as a
squib load. During the fatal scene, which called for the revolver to be fired at Lee from a distance of 3.6–4.5 meters (12–15 ft), the dummy cartridges were replaced with
blank rounds, which contained a powder charge and the primer, but no solid bullet, allowing the gun to be fired with
sound and
flash effects without the risk of an actual projectile. However, the gun was not properly checked and cleared before the blank was fired, and the dummy bullet previously lodged in the barrel was then propelled forward by the blank's propellant and shot out the muzzle with almost the same force as if the round were live, striking Lee in the abdomen.
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After Massee pulled the trigger and shot Lee, Lee fell backwards instead of forwards as he was supposed to. When the director said "cut", Lee did not stand up and the crew thought he was either still acting or kidding around.
Jeff Imada, who immediately checked Lee, noticed something wrong when he came close and noted Lee was unconscious and breathing heavily. Medic Clyde Baisey went over and shook Lee to see if he was dazed by hitting his head during the fall, but did not think Lee had been shot since there was no visible bleeding. Baisey took Lee's pulse, which was regular, but within two to three minutes it slowed down dramatically, and stopped.
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