Debra Messing is coming to the swift defense of Alec Baldwin after Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of his western film "Rust" and shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza.
The "Will & Grace" actress, 53, issued a response to a conservative pundit who tweeted that a headline stating, "Alec Baldwin kills person with gun, criminal investigation underway" was "accurate."
"It is absolutely NOT," Messing replied. "A prop gun was handed to him. He used it in the scene. Then a catastrophic event happened where Halnya [sic] Hutchins lost her life and Joel Souza was injured. I am praying for all of their families."
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{{#rendered}}Audio from the 911 call placed from Alec Baldwin's "Rust" movie set featured a caller blaming someone on set for the accidental shooting that occurred Thursday, leaving one person dead and another injured.
Two people were accidentally shot on the set of the film when Baldwin, 63, discharged a prop gun. The shot killed Halyna Hutchins, director of photography, and Joel Souza, director, who has been released from the hospital.
"Bonanza Creek Ranch and we had two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun," the caller says. "We need help immediately."
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A dear friend of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on set of "Rust" on Thursday from a prop gun, is remembering the incredible talents she gifted the film industry.
David Henry Gerson is a filmmaker who attended the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles, Calif. with Hutchins. Gerson told Fox News in an interview on Friday that "she was luminous."
"She was an incredible artist, completely a creative wonder, completely committed to her craft and just a constant inspiration," Gerson, who has worked on productions including "Ultra Violet for Sixteen Minutes," the screenplay "Above Kings," and short film "American Standard" said.
Criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos joins "The Story with Martha MacCallum" to discuss Alec Baldwin's role in accidental prop gun death on movie set.
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{{#rendered}}Alec Baldwin's family was spotted packing up to head to the Hamptons, New York on Friday, following the deadly shooting on his movie set.
Baldwin's assistants were seen packing luggage into cars a day after the actor fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the set of his upcoming movie "Rust." Production on the set of "Rust" has been halted indefinitely after the prop gun was misfired at Bonanza Creek Ranch, in New Mexico.
{{#rendered}}Ireland Baldwin, the daughter of Alec Baldwin, spoke out after her father accidentally shot and killed Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust."
Alec fired a prop gun Thursday on the movie set and hit Hutchins, the cinematographer, killing her. He also wounded the film's director, Joel Souza, who is now recovering.
Ireland penned on her Instagram Story Friday, "My love and support go to Halyna Hutchins' family and friends. Sending healing thoughts to Joel Souza."
She added, "And wishing I could hug my dad extra tight today."
Alec Baldwin has broken his silence after firing a prop gun on the set of his upcoming Western film "Rust" that killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured the director Joel Souza.
"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. I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna," he said on Twitter.
{{#rendered}}Alec Baldwin was seen "in tears" by two members of the press in New Mexico following a shooting on the set of the movie "Rust" that left the film’s cinematographer dead and its director wounded.
Authorities said Thursday that Baldwin, 63, fired a prop gun on a movie set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and left director Joel Souza wounded.
A spokesperson for Baldwin said there was an accident on the set involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks. Sheriff’s spokesman Juan Rios said detectives were investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged.
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