Brandon Lee’s family speaks out after Alec Baldwin accidentally kills a colleague with a prop gun on a movie set

(CNN) – The family of late actor Brandon Lee has spoken out following news that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died and director Joel Souza was injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of the movie “Rust.” .

According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, Hutchins, 42, was pronounced dead by medical personnel at the University of New Mexico Hospital on Thursday. Souza, 48, was transferred to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for care.

Alec Baldwin accidentally kills a woman and wounds a man by firing a prop gun on the set of “Rust”

Lee, the son of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, died at age 28 in March 1993, while filming “The Crow” in North Carolina.

His name started trending on Twitter after members of the online community noted the similarities in the circumstances surrounding his death and that of Hutchins.

In a post on Lee’s official Twitter page, his relatives expressed their condolences to the Hutchins family and insisted that such tragedies should never happen.

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“Our hearts go out to the Halyna Hutchins family and to Joel Souza and everyone involved in the ‘Rust’ incident,” read the message on the account, which is run by her sister, Shannon Lee.

“No one should be killed by a gun on a film set. Period.”

The Los Angeles Times reported at the time that the actor, who was on the cusp of movie stardom with his lead role in the surreal thriller, was killed by a .44-caliber bullet when his co-star Michael Massee fired a prop pistol that he believed was loaded. of salvos.

Following an investigation, District Attorney Jerry Spivey announced that no criminal charges would be filed in Lee’s death, saying that while negligence was a factor, there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing, The New York Times reported in September. 1993.

Lee’s mother, Linda Lee Cadwell, filed a civil lawsuit against the studio for negligence, which was ultimately settled out of court, the Los Angeles Times reported the following month.

In 2005, Massee, who died in 2016 at age 64, said the tragedy had left him traumatized.

“What happened to Brandon was a tragic accident. It’s something I’m going to live with … It took me a long time not just to put it in perspective, but to be able to move on with my life,” he told Extra TV.

“It’s very personal. It’s something I want to make sure when I work that it never happens again. So I’m very aware that things are going wrong on set.”