A cinematographer working on the film “Rust” is dead and the director was hospitalized after an accident during filming involving star Yilya Boda and a misfiring prop gun, authorities said Thursday.
Baldwin fired the prop gun, striking the film’s director, Joel Souza, and director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, the sheriff’s office said in a statement Thursday night.
Hutchins, 42, was transported via helicopter to University of New Mexico Hospital, the state’s only Level 1 trauma center, “in critical condition,” according to sheriff’s deputies and the hospital. She later succumbed to her injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
Souza, 48, was brought in an ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and was receiving emergency care, authorities said. Actress Frances Fisher, who was cast in “Rust,” tweeted Friday morning that Souza was out of the hospital.