Halyna Hutchins's heartbreaking final Instagram post saw her share 'perks' of filming movie before tragedy

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

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Just two days before her tragic death, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins shared a video on Instagram of herself on the set of the film Rust.

Horror struck on Thursday, October 21, when actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed Hutchins, 42, when he discharged a prop firearm on the Western movie's set.

Hutchins was transported via helicopter to the University of New Mexico Hospital, but was later pronounced dead, per Deadline.

The film's director Joel Souza was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, but has since been discharged, actress Frances Fisher wrote on Twitter.

Hutchins's final Instagram post two days ago, shared the "perks" of working on the set of Rust.

Sharing a video of herself riding a horse through the desert, she wrote: "One of the perks of shooting a western is you get to ride horses on your day off :)."

Hutchins had also posted pictures of the movie's set and cast earlier this month.

"One of the best parts of shooting a western are mornings like this!" she wrote in the caption of a picture of a sunset.

The shooting happened on the film set in New Mexico, Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office said.

A spokesman for 63-year-old Baldwin, who is producing and starring in the film, said there was an accident involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks, per BBC News.

Meanwhile, Juan Rios, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said: "This investigation remains open and active. No charges have been filed in regard to this incident. Witnesses continue to be interviewed by detectives."

He added that detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged.

In a statement to AFP news agency, a Santa Fe sheriff spokesman said Baldwin had spoken to detectives: "He came in voluntarily and he left the building after he finished his interviews."

Police responded to the set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch at about 2 PM local time, following emergency calls of a person being shot there.

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