Woman dead after shooting on Alec Baldwin movie set: police
'Two individuals were shot during filming of a scene on the set of the movie western Rust'
October 22, 2021
A woman has been gunned down during the filming of a movie starring Alec Baldwin, US law enforcement officers said Thursday.
"Two individuals were shot during filming of a scene on the set of the movie western 'Rust'," the sheriff in Santa Fe, New Mexico said in a statement.
"One shooting victim, a 42-year-old female... has succumbed to her injuries."
According to investigators it appears that the scene being filmed involved the use of a prop firearm when it was discharged. Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged.
The dead woman, who was 42 years old, had been airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital. "This incident remains an active investigation," the sheriff said.
The second person was taken by ambulance to a different hospital where he was said to be receiving emergency care.
Baldwin co-produces, and stars as Harland Rust, an outlaw whose grandson is convicted of murder, and who goes on the run with him when the boy is sentenced to hang for the crime.
