• Alec Baldwin Accidentally kills a woman and wounds the director on the set of a western with an alleged blank gun

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Actor

Alec Baldwin

was rehearsing a scene in which he pointed a prop pistol at the camera lens when he fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, according to US media, citing an

affidavit

from the film's director about the tragedy.

The film's director, Joel Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins when the gun was fired, said he heard what

"sounded like a whip and then a loud bang,"

according to his statement, released Sunday night by American media.

Alec Baldwin was "sitting in a pew on set,

practicing a cross draw

. Joel said he was looking over Halayna's shoulder" when he heard the shot, NBC News reported.

According to Souza's affidavit, Hutchins was "complaining" of a pain in his stomach at the time.

"Joel also said that Halayna started stumbling backwards and was assisted into setting her up on the ground," according to NBC.

"Joel explained that he

was bleeding from his shoulder

and that he could see blood on Halayna."

Hutchins, 42, was

hit in the chest

Thursday

when Baldwin fired the prop pistol - which he had been told was safe - while filming the low-budget western "Rust" in New Mexico.

She was pronounced dead at the hospital hours later.

Souza, 48, was treated by doctors and released.

Police are still investigating the shooting and executed a search warrant on set.

Baldwin has been interviewed by detectives in Santa Fe and has said he is fully cooperating with the investigation.

The aide who gave the gun to Baldwin

Attention has also focused on the film's assistant director, Dave Halls, who

handed the gun over to the actor,

and the gunsmith, 24-year-old Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

However, no charges have been filed and no arrests have been made.

The incident occurred after a lunch break, Souza said in the affidavit, adding that he was not sure whether

the safety of the weapon

had been

rechecked

after the break.

A camera operator claimed

the incident was not recorded

because the cast and crew were still preparing for the scene.

The new details emerged as Hutchins' shocked friends and colleagues gathered to pay tribute Sunday at a vigil displaying their anguish and anger.

Calls for the

banning of live firearms on

movie

sets

have been growing: a petition gathered more than 20,000 signatures and a Californian legislator announced that he would push for a bill to ban live ammunition on movie sets. state.

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