Hollywood star Alec Baldwin (63) accidentally shot the camerawoman Halyna Hutchins while filming the western "Rust".
A friend is now making serious allegations.
Santa Fe - After the fatal accident on the set of Rust, many questions remain unanswered.
Actor Alec Baldwin fires a gun while filming a scene.
The props revolver, however, is armed.
The projectile kills the 42-year-old camerawoman Halyna Hutchins and injures the director Joel Suez (48).
At first it is still unclear how a prop could become a deadly weapon.
But four days after the fatal accident, more and more details come to light.
For example, the emergency call from the film set "Bonanza Creek Ranch" was published.
Film crew shot live ammunition for fun
There are many indications of a glaring security flaw.
But the US Boulevard portal
TMZ
reported
,
that the gun had been used shortly before the fatal shot by the crew for shooting practice.
That could be one reason why real ammunition could have been in the weapon instead of a blank cartridge.
"This type of film is brutal" - Halyna's friend raises serious allegations
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Alec Baldwin (68): After the fatal shot at the camerawoman, more and more new details become known.
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The police investigation continues.
Now a friend of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has spoken out.
She makes serious allegations.
PR manager Jane Owen was friends with Halyna for years.
Owen says on
RTL.de
: “An accident like that shouldn't happen.
This type of movie can be brutal.
People have to work too long at a time.
The people are overtired. "
Days before, the film crew is said to have protested Halyna Hutchins because of inadequate security measures and poor working conditions.
RTL reporter Dominik Maur on site: "The investigations focus on the assistant director Dave Halls".
He is said to have given the gun to Alec Baldwin (63) before the scene with the words "cold gun" - meaning the gun is not loaded.
Then the fatal accident happened.
Neither of them knew about the live ammunition.
Alec Baldwin fatal accident - gunsmith doubts about the job
There is a woman on the set of Alec Baldwin's “Rust” who is in charge of guns.
The weapon master (24) is said to
have been very inexperienced,
according to
TMZ
.
A month ago, the woman talked about her job on a podcast.
The western film with Alec Baldwin is therefore only her second.
She was pretty nervous about her first film with Nic Cage.
She had doubts whether she should take the job.
The western with Alec Baldwin was the 24-year-old's second job.
Who was actually responsible for the gun at the time before the fatal scene in "Rust" seems at first unclear.
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The police are investigating on the set of the western “Rust” after a fatal shot with a prop weapon.
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The fatal shot at the camerawoman caused discussions in the film world.
Live ammunition on set is an absolute no-go for gun experts.
"There should never have been a single bullet of live ammunition on location!" Says Hollywood gun expert Bryan Carpenter on
Bild.
In his view, gun protocols for use on the set were disregarded.
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