It must have been dramatic seconds on set.
An eyewitness recounts the moments after the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
And Alec Baldwin is shocked.
Update from October 24th, 1:21 p.m.:
Halyna Hutchins' family is struggling to maintain composure after the tragic incident. The 42-year-old camerawoman was killed by a shot fired by Alec Baldwin with a prop gun on the set of the film "Rust". A friend of the Hutchins family told the
Sun
, "If someone makes a mistake, he has to pay for it." The woman's father does not see the blame on the Hollywood actor, however, as he told the newspaper. "It is the responsibility of the prop masters who deal with the weapons."
The Austrian actor Swen Temmel is also shocked.
He was present at the shoot and was only a few meters away from the scene of the accident.
“I was petrified,” he reports in an interview with the
Kronenzeitung
.
“It was like a nightmare.
Alec Baldwin was completely shocked and collapsed on the set. "
Fatal accident on the film set: eyewitness reports about the seconds afterwards - Baldwin now draws the consequences
Update from October 24th, 10 am
: After the fatal accident on the set of his film "Rust", Alec Baldwin draws the consequences.
The actor is withdrawing from the public for the time being.
The American magazine
People
reports
and cites an internal source.
Baldwin now wants to take time for himself.
The accident in which Baldwin shot with a sharp weapon and the cameraman Halyna Hutchins was fatally hit, was "pretty devastating."
The insider further reports that Baldwin reacted hysterically after the tragedy, the Hollywood star had been inconsolable for hours.
"Everyone knows it was an accident, but he's absolutely devastated."
Baldwin shoots the camerawoman and speaks out - eyewitness reports on the seconds afterwards
First report from October 24th, 8:53 am:
Munich / Santa Fe - It sounds as tragic as it is unreal and yet US actor Alec Baldwin now has to live with having shot a person and
, moreover
, a valued colleague.
According to the police, the Hollywood star shot a prop weapon during a film shoot and also met the director.
Baldwin has now made a personal statement.
"There are no words to express my shock and sadness about the tragic accident in which Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and very valued colleague of ours, was killed," the actor said on Twitter.
He is fully cooperating with the police, who are currently investigating how this could happen.
1-
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.
I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and
- AlecBaldwin (HABF) (@AlecBaldwin) October 22, 2021
2- I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family.
My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.
- AlecBaldwin (HABF) (@AlecBaldwin) October 22, 2021
Baldwin shoots camerawoman Halyna Hutchins: Now he's making his first statement
Baldwin continues: “I am in contact with her husband and offer my support to him and his family.
My heart is broken for her husband, her son and everyone who knew and loved Halyna. "
Shortly before, an eyewitness had described the terrifying incident to the US portal “showbiz411.com”: The bullet that came off the gun had drilled through the body of the camerawoman and penetrated the director's collarbone.
The camerawoman and the director were then taken to the hospital.
Baldwin was in shock, but at the same time he looked "taken", said the unnamed witness.
The eyewitness told the well-known US journalist Roger Friedman: "Baldwin shouted: 'Why did you give me a sharp weapon?'" Stunned, the actor said again and again: "In all these years I have never had a sharp weapon given. "
In the meantime, the dramatic emergency call has also been published.
