Not just one but two people got shot with a prop gun?

BuckyB93 wrote:

I'm going to withhold judgment until more info comes out.

I'm unclear why a director and cinematographer were in the line of fire unless it was some POV shoot towards the camera type thing.

I'm curious whether it was multiple shots and how much time for the brain to process between them, or if it was a single that penetrated through and hit the second victim. Macs, I see your point but I'm considering the possibility of the direction being to rapid fire several shots. Believing the situation to be safe, I could see pulling the trigger a couple of times before realization hits that bodies are dropping

From what I understand, there should be so many steps and staff involved in filming gunfire, as well as procedures for both replicas and real guns with blanks, it's difficult for me to believe the actor has much choice or ability to misuse a weapon on set. There would have been many layers of serious failure if this turns out to be live ammo

Sunoverbeach wrote:

AND... the idiot holding the firearm either ignored safety training or was too big a jackass to submit to training on firearm handling.

FWIW, blanks can be deadly at close range, especially those that use any form of wadding or a wood bullet.

Gene363 wrote:

I just skimmed over this.....Alec Baldwin showed people his balls and they died?

JadeRose wrote:

before Brandon Lee, Jon Erik Hexum accidentally killed himself on a movie set with a blank prop gun...those wads in blanks can do damage at close range

delta1 wrote: