Baldwin fired the gun, law enforcement officials said, it struck and killed the film’s cinematographer and wounded its director - and raised new questions about firearms safety on film sets. Baldwin, and, according to an affidavit signed by Detective Joel Cano of the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office, yelled “Cold Gun!” - which was supposed to indicate that the gun did not have any live rounds in it.
SANTA FE - On a ranch in northern New Mexico, where the cottonwoods and the dusty foothills have formed the backdrop of Westerns since the 1950s, Alec Baldwin was filming a new movie on Thursday afternoon when his character, an outlaw, needed a gun.Īn assistant director grabbed one of three prop guns that the film’s armorer had set up outside on a gray cart, handed it to Mr.
