sheriff s office after authorities say the actor discharged a prop firearm on the set of the film rust at the bonanza creek ranch. the director joel souza rushed by ambulance to a local hospital with injuries. the film s director of photography, halyna hutchins was pronounced dead after being transported to a hospital. 42-year-old hutchins who posted on instagram from the new mexico location only days ago lived in los angeles with her husband and son. and was credited in the production of dozens of film, tv and video titles during her career. police were called out to the scene on thursday afternoon and no one was charged. though new mexico s district attorney says they do not know if charges will be filed. authorities say they are still in the initial stages of their investigation into what led to the fatal incident on set and what type of projectile was fired from a prop gun commonly used on movie sets that aren t without their own risks. prop weapons do have a dangerous factor t
pronounced dead at the hospital. the film s director joel souza was also injured. you re looking at pictures here of the movie s star, alec baldwin, also a producer. stephanie elam joining us now. there are a lot of questions about what happened. how many answers do we have this morning, stephanie? reporter: there is probably more questions than there are answers at this point, erica and jim. what we do know, according to the santa fe county sheriff s office, is that they received a call shortly before 2:00 p.m. local time yesterday, a 911 call that came in saying there had been a shooting on the set. they responded to this movie set, which is on the bonanza creek ranch. and that s when they gofr disco that two people had been shot. the way they worded it was a prop firearm was discharged by alec baldwin. that s how they worded it. they went on to say they continued to investigate. they re talking to people who were witnesses who saw what happened.
well, it really differs with each of the witnesses that we have subpoenaed. and i can t go into the particulars. but i can tell you that we re determined to secure their testimony if we reach the point with any of them where we don t think they re negotiating in got faith, that they re trying to run the clock, we ll pursue the same path we did with steve bannon, but if we can get to yes, and i think with some there is certainly the prospect that we will, that s our preferred course, but we will only wait so long. congressman adam schiff, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. thank you. coming up next, an update on the tragic fatal movie set shooting as actor alec baldwin s now responding to his firing of a prop firearm that resulted in the death of one crew member and the hospitalization of another. later, big news from the cdc as the agency expands eligibility for americans looking to get a covid booster.
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the hospital via helicopter where she was pronounced dead. we know the director of the film, joel souza, was shot. he was taken to a regional medical center. we don t know more on his condition at this time. the police department, the sheriff s department saying this investigation remains open right now. as they are interviewing people, talking to witnesses as to what happened. no charges are filed at this time. according to the new york times , some reporting statement from the production company behind rust said in part, the entire cast and crew has been absolutely devastated by today s tragedy. we send our deepest condolences to halyna s family. they are going to provide counseling to everyone who was there. this prop firearm could have