Alec Baldwin allegedly repeatedly asked 'why was I handed a hot gun?' after he accidentally shot and killed a female cinematographer and wounded a director yesterday on the set of his new film Rust. Halyna Hutchins, 42, (pictured right in an Instagram video on the set two days before the tragedy) 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. Police have disclosed few details about the shooting, saying only that a 'projectile' was fired by a 'prop gun' and they are investigating. But a witness told Hollywood gossip site Showbiz 411 that Baldwin immediately began asking why he was handed a 'hot gun' - which typically means a gun loaded with real ammunition. A spokesman for the movie's production company later said that accident involved 'the misfire of a prop gun loaded with blanks'. Though fatal accidents with blank ammunition are extremely rare, they do happen.