What we know about Alec Baldwin's fatal shooting on the set of a movie

• Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of

  Rust

  on Thursday

  .

• The American actor killed the director of photography of the film and injured its director.

• Here is what we know about the investigation, as well as the various protagonists of the drama.

Police officers from Santa Fe, in the US state of New Mexico, surrendered early Thursday afternoon at the Bonanza Creek ranch after an emergency call reporting a shooting on the

Plateau

.

They found two people injured by a gun used as a prop on set and operated by lead actor and film producer Alec Baldwin.

Wounded in the stomach, Halyna Hutchins, 42, director of photography, was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital but succumbed to her injuries.

Director Joel Souza, 48, was transported by ambulance to another hospital, where he was treated without spending the night there, according to an actress' message on Twitter.

How did the facts unfold?

Citing court documents prepared by police to obtain a search warrant, the

says the film crew was rehearsing a scene.

The gunsmith had placed three weapons serving as an accessory on a cart, an assistant director handed one of them to Alec Baldwin, saying "cold weapon", which in cinema jargon means that the weapon is not is not loaded.

The assistant director "did not know that there was active ammunition in the accessory", according to the document.

The clothes worn by Alec Baldwin during the accident were turned over to investigators, along with the gun in question and the cartridge cases.

What happened to Alec Baldwin?

The 63-year-old actor was questioned by investigators.

The Santa Fe Sheriff's Department said he spontaneously introduced himself to them, answering their questions before leaving the scene.

He was not arrested.

Investigations continued on Friday and Alec Baldwin tweeted that he was "fully cooperating" with the police.

Who was Halyna Hutchins?

The shooting victim, Halyna Hutchins, was unanimously hailed by her colleagues as a talented and passionate filmmaker who quickly made a name for herself among the ranks of cinematographers in Hollywood.

Originally from Ukraine, she grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle "surrounded by reindeer and nuclear submarines," according to her website.

After her studies, she worked as a journalist in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe, before joining the prestigious Conservatory of the American Film Academy (AFI) in Los Angeles in 2015. “Words are not enough to express the loss of someone so dear to the members of AFI, ”reacted the film school.

Recently, Halyna Hutchins had worked on a detective film,

, and on

, a fantasy film produced by Elijah Wood.

, a western, was his first starring production.

Who is Joel Souza?

Injured in the accident, Joel Souza is a screenwriter and director who has worked in Hollywood for ten years.

Originally from California, he made his 2010 debut with

, a family adventure film starring late

star

Luke Perry.

He has since written or directed four other feature films, including the crime film

, which Alec Baldwin produced and in which he was originally scheduled to star.

What is

Rust 

?

idea

 arose out of research by Joel Souza on the youngest person to be hanged in the Old West.

Souza and Baldwin have made a scenario of it around a wanted outlaw who flies to the aid of his thirteen-year-old grandson, sentenced to death for an accidental homicide.

Grandfather Harland Rust (Alec Baldwin) and grandson Lucas (Brady Noon) flee, pursued by law enforcement and a sinister bounty hunter, finding refuge in New Mexico.

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