Baldwin Breaks Silence on Movie Shooting: ‘No Words to Convey My Shock and Sadness’
On Thursday, actor Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop firearm that struck two people, killing one of them, authorities said. He spoke Friday morning for the first time since the accident. “There are no words to…
On Thursday, actor Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop firearm that struck two people, killing one of them, authorities said. He spoke Friday morning for the first time since the accident.
“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,” he said in a tweet from the Twitter account of his foundation.
“I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred.”
According to CNN, Baldwin was filming in New Mexico for his upcoming western movie, “Rust.” He is both starring in and producing the film.
In addition to Hutchins, director Joe Souza, 48, was injured in the accident and taken to a nearby hospital.
Hutchins, 42, was the director of photography for the movie. Baldwin said he has been in contact with her family since the tragedy.
“I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family,” he tweeted. “My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.”
Jim Hemphill, a journalist and filmmaker who previously profiled Hutchins, told CNN Hutchins was raised on a Soviet military base, where she first developed a love for movies. She studied journalism in the United Kingdom before making it to the United States and entering the