los angeles a woman has died after being shot during the filming of a movie starring alec baldwin us law enforcement officers said thursdaythe incident happened on a set in new mexico where baldwin is playing the lead in a 19thcentury westerntwo individuals were shot during filming of a scene on the set of the movie western rust the sheriff in santa fe said in a statementone shooting victim a 42yearold female has succumbed to her injuriesthe sheriffs office said the incident involved a gun that was being used as a propaccording to investigators it appears that the scene being filmed involved the use of a prop firearm when it was dischargeddetectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was dischargedtrade title deadline cited a source saying a principal castmember had cocked the gun during rehersals unaware that it contained live roundsit did not specify who the castmember was and afp was not able to confirm the reportthis incident remains an active investigation the sheriff saidthe dead woman who was 42 years old had been airlifted to the university of new mexico hospitalthe second person a 42yearold man was taken by ambulance to a different hospital where he was said to be receiving emergency carefilm sets usually have stringent rules over the use of prop weapons but accidents have happenedmost famously brandon lee the son of martial arts legend bruce lee died during filming of the crow after being shot by a gun that was supposed to fire blanksbaldwin coproduces and stars as harland rust an outlaw whose grandson is convicted of murder and who goes on the run with him when the boy is sentenced to hang for the crimethe 63yearold posted a photograph earlier thursday on instagram showing him apparently on set dressed in a period costume and with fake blood on his shirtback to inperson at the office blimey its exhausting he captioned the picture which went online several hours before the incidentbaldwin has been on television and in films since the 1980sas well as a number of high profile movie roles including in the hunt for red october and two iterations of the mission impossible franchise baldwin has voiced animated characters in hits like the boss babyhe garnered new fans with his longrunning portrayal of donald trump on saturday night live a character that irritated the former president but won baldwin a primetime emmyrust also stars jensen ackles supernaturals and travis fimmel best known for playing ragnar lothbrok in vikingsnew mexico is a favourite location for hollywood producersthe bonanza creek ranch where thursdays incident took place has hosted productions including hostiles cowboys aliens 310 to yuma appaloosa and longmire