Prop gun deaths that haunt Hollywood: Jon-Erik Hexum and Brandon Lee

The Crow, has called for mandatory gun safety training on Hollywood film and television sets.She has also said that the industry should reduce the amount of real firearms used on sets.Lee wrote an essay for Variety in which she outlined the new measures.

died tragically from a gunshot while filming in 1993 — has called for more “gun safety training” on sets.

Alec Baldwindischarged a prop gun on the film's set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.«Halyna Hutchins was not just one of the most talented people I’ve worked with, but also a friend,» Halls told. «I’m shocked and saddened by her death.

tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film last week, many are asking how such an accident could have happened.

Eliza Hutton, the fiancee of late actor Brandon Lee, spoke out about the tragic accidental shooting on the set of "Rust" that so closely mirrored the death of the late actor in 1993.  Lee, the son of acclaimed martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, died on the set of the 1994 film "The Crow" toward the end of filming when actor Michael Massee fired a gun that was improperly loaded with dummy rounds directly at the actor’s chest.

Actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun that killed a woman and injured a man nearby. But how can a prop gun be so dangerous?On Thursday October 21st, Alec Baldwin was involved in an incident where a prop reportedly gun misfired with blanks.

Hilaria Baldwin broke her silence after husband Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of his film Rust, leading to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The "Rust" crew member who reportedly gave Alec Baldwin a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was previously the subject of a safety complaint.  Crew member Maggie Goll said in a statement to The Associated Press that she filed an internal complaint with the executive producers of Hulu’s "Into the Dark" series in 2019 over concerns about assistant director Dave Halls' behavior on set.

Images of a distraught Alec Baldwin, who tragically killed a cinematographer with a movie prop gun, evoked memories of an actor who remained haunted after fatally shooting Brandon Lee with a gun he believed was loaded with blanks. Lee, the 28-year-old son of martial arts icon and legendary screen star Bruce Lee, was killed in a freak accident on the set of "The Crow" March 30, 1993, when fellow actor Michael Massee was supposed to shoot him at close range with a harmless pistol.

SANTA FE, N.M. – A "Rust" actor said Friday he wished "precautions" had been taken on set that could’ve prevented Alec Baldwin’s tragic misfiring of a prop gun that left the film’s cinematographer dead.

Alec Baldwin was told that his prop gun was unloaded prior to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set of his western film Rust, according to a search warrant document obtained by NBC News and other outlets. On the New Mexico film set moments later, the actor, 63, discharged the weapon, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.

Alec Baldwin was told the prop gun he was using while filming the Western Rust was safe.According to an affidavit filed by the Santa Fe County’s Sheriff’s Office obtained by the and , an assistant director unintentionally handed the actor the weapon and told him it was safe to use.

Rust swept across Hollywood and the media. The unfortunate incident led to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins losing her life, and director Joel Souza suffering a serious injury.

the Sun reported.The fragment was apparently part of a dummy shell that became lodged in the barrel — in what is known as a “squib load” — during a previous scene without anyone realizing and hit Lee with virtually the same force as a live round.The actor died on the operating table after six hours of emergency surgery, leaving Massee devastated and forcing him to take a lengthy sabbatical, the New York Times reported in a 2016 article about the character actor’s death from stomach cancer at age

Actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun that killed a woman and injured a man nearby. But how can a prop gun be so dangerous?On Thursday October 21st, Alec Baldwin was involved in an incident where a prop reportedly gun misfired with blanks.

When the world learned that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza injured after Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of Rust, one name sprung to the mind of many: Brandon Lee. The son of Bruce Lee died in an eerily similar fashion nearly thirty years before Halyna’s death, and his name began to trend on Twitter.

Filmmaker Joel Souza was one of two people caught in the crossfire of a prop gun discharged by Alec Baldwin on the set of the outlaw movie Rust.

shot and killed on the set of  after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun.