Alec Baldwin accidentally shoots and KILLS a woman cinematographer, 42, with a PROP GUN and wounds the film’s director on set of his new western movie Rust: Devastated actor is seen weeping at the scene after tragedy in New Mexico
- Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally struck in the incident on set in Santa Fe on Thursday
- Police confirmed that Alec Baldwin fired the prop gun in a mishap while filming a scene for the movie
- Writer-director Joel Souza, 48, was also struck and injured in bizarre incident but is expected to survive
- Filming was halted on the set in Santa Fe after fatal incident and production of Rust has been halted
- Baldwin plays infamous outlaw Rust, whose 13-year-old grandson is convicted of an accidental murder
- He was struggling to hold back tears outside the sheriff’s office after speaking to investigators
- A criminal investigation is now seeking to understand what happened, but no charges have been filed yet
- Other deaths involving prop guns have involved squib loads and wadding propelled by blanks at close range
