Friday, October 22 top stories
It is Friday, October 22. Here are today’s top stories.
On Thursday, actor Alec Baldwin used a prop gun and accidentally killed a cinematographer on the set of the film, “Rust” in New Mexico. The prop gun may have misfired or had a live bullet inside of it instead of a blank.
The cinematographer’s name was Halyna Hutchins. She was 42 and left behind a husband and a son.
The film’s director, Joel Souza, was injured from the prop gun and was hospitalized but is now out of the hospital.
Baldwin said in a statement that “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness” and that he is “fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred.”
An article in BBC explained that a prop gun uses a cartridge that has gunpowder in it, but no bullet at its tip. The idea is to make gunfire look realistic without shooting out bullets. But it is still dangerous as there could be an accident with the powerful gunpowder or there could be a live bullet mistakenly inserted.
In 1993, the actor Brandon Lee, who was the son of Bruce Lee, died on the set of “The Crow” from a prop gun accident.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. So far, no charges have been filed.
The FBI confirmed on Thursday that the human remains found in a Florida park near items belonging to Brian Laundrie are his. Dental records were used to confirm Laundrie’s identity. The area in the park was previously covered with water that has since receded. We will know more later on what the cause of Laundrie’s death is, what information there is from Laundrie’s items, which was a backpack and a notebook. The discovery brings a conclusion to the search for Laundrie, who disappeared after his fiancee Gabby Petito went missing and was later found dead in Wyoming from strangulation. Laundrie has been named a person of interest in Petito’s death and had an arrest warrant out for unauthorized use of Petito’s credit card.
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Pfizer said their Covid-19 vaccine is over 90% effective in protecting children ages 5 to 11 from symptoms from the coronavirus. This is based on trials involving 2,268 children.
The Supreme Court today announced they would again leave the Texas abortion law in place, which bans abortions after six weeks. The court said they would hear two cases that challenges Texas’ abortion law during this term. Axios said this means the Supreme Court will hear three major abortion cases this term: two in Texas and one related to Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks. The court usually issues its decisions in June and we could see a significant change to abortion rights in the near future with the court’s 6-3 conservative majority.
The leader of a gang in Haiti that kidnapped 17 American and Canadian missionaries said in a video that he will kill the missionaries if he doesn’t get the money that he is demanding. The leader’s name is Wilson Joseph. The gang previously said that they wanted $1 million per person. The missionaries are from a group named Christian Aid Ministries, which is based in Ohio. A spokesperson for the group said they are praying for the families and the kidnappers as well.
That is all the top stories for this week. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday. Stay with the light!
https://abcnews.go.com/US/crew-members-hospitalized-prop-gun-misfires-set-alec/story?id=80715740
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59006905
https://people.com/movies/gun-alec-baldwin-fired-on-rust-containing-live-round/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/brian-laundrie-remains-confirmed-by-fbi
https://www.axios.com/pfizer-covid-vaccine-children-health-e8eb8e85-f74f-4091-8861-b3191494334d.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1048346773/haiti-gang-leader-kidnapped-missionaries-video