Prop gun fired by Alex Baldwin on movie set loaded with ‘a live single round’, says Hollywood union

[shockedcanadian]

Wow, the plot thickens.

Start with who had motive. Who was the intended target? The director of photography or the Director of the movie?

Prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin on movie set loaded with âlive single roundâ, says Hollywood union

Baldwin said on Friday "my heart is broken" after the cinematographer died when he fired the gun

nationalpost.com

LOS ANGELES — The gun that killed a movie cinematographer on an Alec Baldwin film set in New Mexico contained a single live round, a Hollywood union said in a memo to members, according to movie industry trade publications.



In the email that IATSE Local 44 sent to its members, the fatal shooting was described as an “an accidental weapons discharge” in which “a live single round was accidentally fired on set by the principal actor, hitting both the Director of Photography, Local 600 member Halnya Hutchins, and Director Joel Souza….


“Local 44 has confirmed that the Props, Set Decoration, Special Effects and Construction Departments were staffed by New Mexico crew members. There were no Local 44 members on the call sheet,” Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Pawluc said in the email, according to Variety and IndieWire.


Baldwin fatally fatally shot the cinematographer and wounded the director when he discharged the prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday. The shot came in the middle of a scene that was either being rehearsed or filmed, the New York Times reported.

 

[Doc7505]

Wow, the plot thickens.

Start with who had motive. Who was the intended target? The director of photography or the Director of the movie?

Prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin on movie set loaded with âlive single roundâ, says Hollywood union

Baldwin said on Friday "my heart is broken" after the cinematographer died when he fired the gun

nationalpost.com

LOS ANGELES — The gun that killed a movie cinematographer on an Alec Baldwin film set in New Mexico contained a single live round, a Hollywood union said in a memo to members, according to movie industry trade publications.



In the email that IATSE Local 44 sent to its members, the fatal shooting was described as an “an accidental weapons discharge” in which “a live single round was accidentally fired on set by the principal actor, hitting both the Director of Photography, Local 600 member Halnya Hutchins, and Director Joel Souza….


“Local 44 has confirmed that the Props, Set Decoration, Special Effects and Construction Departments were staffed by New Mexico crew members. There were no Local 44 members on the call sheet,” Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Pawluc said in the email, according to Variety and IndieWire.


Baldwin fatally fatally shot the cinematographer and wounded the director when he discharged the prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday. The shot came in the middle of a scene that was either being rehearsed or filmed, the New York Times reported.

Hmm... Alec Baldwin and guns.... Oil and water. Knowing his previous violent ways... Was this really an accident?

 

[Otis Mayfield]

Same thing happened during the movie "The Crow", only there they shot the star of the movie.

Seems like the guys who handle the guns on these sets would be extra careful.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Hmm... Alec Baldwin and guns.... Oil and water. Knowing his previous violent ways... Was this really an accident?

I hope he goes to jail for a long time. He's getting pretty old. It might be nice for him to make a new friend named Bubba.

 

[surada]

Hmm... Alec Baldwin and guns.... Oil and water. Knowing his previous violent ways... Was this really an accident?

You think he'd blow up his own investment?

 

[Fang]

Still can't understand why it's being called a "prop gun". If it can fire live rounds its a gun. So that begs the question why in the hell is Hollywood using real guns?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

You think he'd blow up his own investment?

He's a blue ribbon Hollyweird crazy. Never put anything past them. Hope he does hard time.

 

[BlueGin]

Wow, the plot thickens.

Start with who had motive. Who was the intended target? The director of photography or the Director of the movie?

Prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin on movie set loaded with âlive single roundâ, says Hollywood union

Baldwin said on Friday "my heart is broken" after the cinematographer died when he fired the gun

nationalpost.com

LOS ANGELES — The gun that killed a movie cinematographer on an Alec Baldwin film set in New Mexico contained a single live round, a Hollywood union said in a memo to members, according to movie industry trade publications.



In the email that IATSE Local 44 sent to its members, the fatal shooting was described as an “an accidental weapons discharge” in which “a live single round was accidentally fired on set by the principal actor, hitting both the Director of Photography, Local 600 member Halnya Hutchins, and Director Joel Souza….


“Local 44 has confirmed that the Props, Set Decoration, Special Effects and Construction Departments were staffed by New Mexico crew members. There were no Local 44 members on the call sheet,” Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Pawluc said in the email, according to Variety and IndieWire.


Baldwin fatally fatally shot the cinematographer and wounded the director when he discharged the prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday. The shot came in the middle of a scene that was either being rehearsed or filmed, the New York Times reported.

Obviously not a prop gun.

 

[shockedcanadian]

He wouldn't be the perp, he would be the Useful Idiot for someone who wanted an act done though.

One has to think that every time they pick up such a weapon they are fully trained on how to check the chamber. If not them, then a prop guy immediately before handing him the pistol.

As stated in this thread, no prop gun should have the capability of firing a live round. It may have been a specially designed projectile, who knows.

 

[BlueGin]

Still can't understand why it's being called a "prop gun". If it can fire live rounds its a gun. So that begs the question why in the hell is Hollywood using real guns?

Especially if they are untrained with firearms.

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

Liberals and firearms just don't play well together. Same is true with other retards.

 

[Hellbilly]

Hmm... Alec Baldwin and guns.... Oil and water. Knowing his previous violent ways... Was this really an accident?

 

[marvin martian]

Same thing happened during the movie "The Crow", only there they shot the star of the movie.

Seems like the guys who handle the guns on these sets would be extra careful.

Brandon Lee was not killed by a live round. There was a bullet lodged in the barrel of the gun and the blank round behind it propelled the stuck bullet into Lee.

This incident was different. Baldwin aimed a gun at a person without knowing what was in the chamber. He's a murderer.

 

[Auld Phart]

Same thing happened during the movie "The Crow", only there they shot the star of the movie.

Seems like the guys who handle the guns on these sets would be extra careful.

Been used in several movie/tv dramas.

ALWAYS check a firearm before you pull the trigger.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Interesting that the union knows what happened but the authorities have yet to complete their investigation...

 

[WEATHER53]

Is the decedent a vocal conservative ?

 

[Auld Phart]

Brandon Lee was not killed by a live round. There was a bullet lodged in the barrel of the gun and the blank round behind it propelled the stuck bullet into Lee.

This incident was different. Baldwin aimed a gun at a person without knowing what was in the chamber. He's a murderer.

actually, a victim of Russian Roulette.

He, nor anyone else, knew when the fatal round would be fired.

 

[Canon Shooter]

I'd just like to say that you folks insisting that Baldwin is a murderer are an ignorant pack of dipshits.

It was a fucking accident.

And I don't even like Alec Baldwin...

 

[shockedcanadian]

Been used in several movie/tv dramas.

ALWAYS check a firearm before you pull the trigger.

I've never held a gun before and this is immediately on top of mind for me. I don't even pass a knife to someone blade first.

 

[BlueGin]

Interesting that the union knows what happened but the authorities have yet to complete their investigation...

Just know that New Mexico is soft on crime. I would be surprised if authorities do anything. Unless they get a lot of backlash. Then they will blame and railroad some non union local crew member.