A vigil in homage to Halyna Hutchins took place Sunday evening in Burbank, city near Los Angeles.
Sadness and anger dominated the atmosphere, the participants wondering how such a tragedy was possible.
“I had the pleasure of working with Halyna,” actress Sharon Leal said.
“She was a wonderful woman and… we are so shocked,” she added.
Thursday, a shot fired by actor Alec Baldwin fatally hit this director of photography on the set of a western in the United States.
Since then, calls have multiplied in Hollywood to ban the use of firearms on sets.
Seriously injured in the torso, according to a preliminary investigation report consulted by AFP, Halyna Hutchins was transported by helicopter to a hospital in New Mexico, where she was pronounced dead.
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"There is an urgent need to address the problem of alarming (labor law) abuses and security breaches taking place on film sets, including unnecessary high-risk conditions, such as the use of weapons." real fire, ”also pleaded Saturday in a statement Dave Cortese, elected Democrat in the Senate of California.
"I intend to vote on a bill that would ban live bullets on filming in California, in order to prevent this type of senseless violence," the elected official also said.
The role of the gunsmith and the assistant director
The investigation into the death of Halyna Hutchins continues, with the role of film gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 24, coming under close scrutiny by investigators. It was she who had prepared the gun with which the actor fired the fatal shot. She had placed it on a cart with two other weapons. Assistant director Dave Halls, described as a seasoned professional, then handed this gun to Mr. Baldwin during a rehearsal for a scene in the film, informing him that it was "cold", that is. - say unloaded a real bullet in cinematic jargon. Mr. Halls "had no idea the gun was loaded with live ammunition," said an agent from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.
After the shot, Ms Gutierrez Reed was given the weapon and collected the used cartridge, before handing them over to the police on their arrival, the report said.
Dave Halls suffered from a negative reputation for allowing unsafe practices to take place on set, NBC News claimed on Sunday.
"It did not create a safe working environment," Maggie Goll, a props designer who worked with Dave Halls, told the news channel, notably citing the blocking of emergency exits or the lack of security meetings.
No prosecution has yet been announced in this case, but the accidental thesis seemed privileged.
Alec Baldwin remained at large after being questioned.