Gun safety protocol on sets in the United States has dramatically improved since then, said Steven Hall, a veteran director of photography in Britain. In another on-set accident in 1993, the actor Brandon Lee was killed after a bullet was left in a prop gun. But when the trigger is pulled, the paper or plastic wadding is ejected from the barrel with enough force that it can be lethal at close range, as proved to be the case in the death of an actor in 1984. Prop guns fire blanks, gunpowder charges that produce a flash and a bang but not a hard projectile. Images of the 63-year-old actor - known for his roles in '30 Rock' and 'The Hunt for Red October' as well as his impression of former President Donald Trump on 'Saturday Night Live' - showed him distraught outside the sheriff's office on Thursday.

My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna. I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred andĢ- I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.

'My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.' I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation,' he wrote on Twitter. 'There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.

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