Page 5 - Prop Firearm News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A prop firearm should shoot only blanks. >> with a blank round, you would have everything you normally have in a real round but you don't have the bullet on it the end of if so when it fires, you get the flash, you get the bang, you get the recoil, you get the exposure but you don't get the bullet flying out the end of the gun. that doesn't mean blank rounds are safe. >> reporter: hutchins posted this video the day before she died. horse riding on a day off. one of the perks of shooting a western, she wrote. born in ukraine, hutchins started out as a journalist, then moved to the u.s. to study...

China. and that will be on stage next week. >> absolutely. kristen welker, jonathan lemire, and garrett haake, thanks so much. it's going to be a couple of busy days if not more, as we watch whether or not the speaker's optimism is well placed. >> the stunning news out of new mexico involved alec baldwin and the death of a star filmmaker. one person dead and another wounded after the celebrated actor discharged a prop firearm we're told during the filming of a new western. here's the investigation into the incident ongoing as a baldwin spokesperson describing the shooting as an accident. joini...

Was 42 years old, and also struck the director of the film, joel souza, hitting him in the shoulder. he�*s obvious lee since been released so he didn�*t sustain super serious injuries, but halyna hutchins lost her life —— he�*s obviously been released. the question is, why was there a live round in the prop firearm and how could that happen? one of the interesting things we�*ve learned, according to the union here, is that the people that were on set to make sure the safety measures were taken regarding props and sets, and especially when you�*re dealing with firearms — they ar...

Alec baldwin shooting dead a member of his film crew. it happened when he discharged what he thought was a prop firearm, which fired a projectile. the cinematographer on the production, halyna hutchins, died of her wounds, while the director, joel souza, was also treated in hospital for injuries. this is where the events took place — the location set for the movie rust, a western. it's not clear what was happening when the gun was fired. reports from the scene suggest mr baldwin was doubled over and distraught as he left the film set. he was later interviewd by detectives, who said the actor...

Of questions on how this could happen, a lot of people wondering how exactly could have this fire -- prop fire gun been used and been directed toward the director of photography and also the director. here's what we do know, that this happened just before 2:00 p.m. local time, that there was a 911 call saying there was a shooting on set. the santa fe sheriff's department did respond to the shooting. they said there was a prop firearm, it was discharged by alec baldwin. this is on the set of the movie "rust," a western based in the 1880s in time, a film about a 13-year-old boy who goes on the r...