Actor Alec Baldwin shot two people with a prop gun while on the set of his new movie, "Rust", leading to the death of one, in what his spokesperson said was a tragic accident.

Halyna Hutchins, 42, died shortly after being shot by Baldwin around 1.50pm Thursday at Bonanza Creek Ranch, near the city of Santa Fe in New Mexico. Joel Souza, 48, the film's director, was also hurt and spent several hours in hospital, but was released later the same evening.

There aren't a lot of details on the incident right now. We don't know if Baldwin was shooting a scene, or if he had pointed the gun (which presumably would have been loaded with blanks) at the cinematographer and director, or if something ejected incorrectly from the gun's chamber and hit the victims.

Baldwin reportedly yelled, "Why was I handed a hot gun?" after the cinematographer was hurt.

Here's a video of the scene after police cordoned it off:

The Daily Wire adds this:

Juan Rios, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, told the Albuquerque Journal that the apparent movie scene that they were filming "involved the use of a prop firearm," which discharged. "Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged," he said.

According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, "[a] source close to the investigation said Baldwin, 63, was questioned by investigators late Thursday and was seen by a New Mexican reporter and photographer in tears."

How horrible.

"Rust" follows a grandfather and his grandson running from the law after a false murder charge in 1880s Kansas, and has stopped production following the incident.