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An actor who said he thought he was handed a gun with harmless blanks has been arrested after shooting and killing a colleague during the filming of an action scene.
Actor Flavio Peniche was arrested on suspicion of homicide, according to the attorney general's office of Morelos state, just south of Mexico City. He has been released $40,000 bail.
The incident occurred on Saturday during filming of a low-budget movie, "Juana The Scorpion," at a hotel in Cuernavaca, the state capital.
"I was handed the prop gun, and did the scene as I was instructed," Peniche told The Associated Press Thursday. "When I saw the blood come from his chest, at first I though it was fake blood."
Peniche said he quickly realized actor Antonio Velasco, 42, was unconscious and called for help and tried to stop the bleeding.
Velasco died shortly afterward at a Cuernavaca hospital.
Peniche said Velasco was killed by a blank that contained too much gunpowder. But Morelos state prosecutors said it was a real bullet.
If convicted, Peniche could face a prison sentence of 8 to 20 years.
Actor Flavio Peniche was arrested on suspicion of homicide, according to the attorney general's office of Morelos state, just south of Mexico City. He has been released $40,000 bail.
The incident occurred on Saturday during filming of a low-budget movie, "Juana The Scorpion," at a hotel in Cuernavaca, the state capital.
"I was handed the prop gun, and did the scene as I was instructed," Peniche told The Associated Press Thursday. "When I saw the blood come from his chest, at first I though it was fake blood."
Peniche said he quickly realized actor Antonio Velasco, 42, was unconscious and called for help and tried to stop the bleeding.
Velasco died shortly afterward at a Cuernavaca hospital.
Peniche said Velasco was killed by a blank that contained too much gunpowder. But Morelos state prosecutors said it was a real bullet.
If convicted, Peniche could face a prison sentence of 8 to 20 years.
Bora† SagdiyeV wrote:
> Why not use blank-firers which have the barrels sealed off,
Hmmm that would be quite dangerous for the one holding the gun, it would likely exploded due to the hot gasses expanding from the gunpowder
> Why not use blank-firers which have the barrels sealed off,
Hmmm that would be quite dangerous for the one holding the gun, it would likely exploded due to the hot gasses expanding from the gunpowder
why - WHY are they using real guns in the first place? Why not use blank-firers which have the barrels sealed off, which would ensure that this couldn't happen. Mind you if you put a real bullet in a blan firer, it'll most likely seriously injure the one firing it.
Personally if I was handed a gun and told to shoot it at someone, I'd check it over myself, it's not worth the risk.
Personally if I was handed a gun and told to shoot it at someone, I'd check it over myself, it's not worth the risk.
Ooh, that's from MSN Entertainment by the way.
An actor who said he thought he was handed a gun with harmless blanks has been arrested after shooting and killing a colleague during the filming of an action scene.
Actor Flavio Peniche was arrested on suspicion of homicide, according to the attorney general's office of Morelos state, just south of Mexico City. He has been released $40,000 bail.
The incident occurred on Saturday during filming of a low-budget movie, "Juana The Scorpion," at a hotel in Cuernavaca, the state capital.
"I was handed the prop gun, and did the scene as I was instructed," Peniche told The Associated Press Thursday. "When I saw the blood come from his chest, at first I though it was fake blood."
Peniche said he quickly realized actor Antonio Velasco, 42, was unconscious and called for help and tried to stop the bleeding.
Velasco died shortly afterward at a Cuernavaca hospital.
Peniche said Velasco was killed by a blank that contained too much gunpowder. But Morelos state prosecutors said it was a real bullet.
If convicted, Peniche could face a prison sentence of 8 to 20 years.
Actor Flavio Peniche was arrested on suspicion of homicide, according to the attorney general's office of Morelos state, just south of Mexico City. He has been released $40,000 bail.
The incident occurred on Saturday during filming of a low-budget movie, "Juana The Scorpion," at a hotel in Cuernavaca, the state capital.
"I was handed the prop gun, and did the scene as I was instructed," Peniche told The Associated Press Thursday. "When I saw the blood come from his chest, at first I though it was fake blood."
Peniche said he quickly realized actor Antonio Velasco, 42, was unconscious and called for help and tried to stop the bleeding.
Velasco died shortly afterward at a Cuernavaca hospital.
Peniche said Velasco was killed by a blank that contained too much gunpowder. But Morelos state prosecutors said it was a real bullet.
If convicted, Peniche could face a prison sentence of 8 to 20 years.