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Halx · 08-22-2003, 09:24 AM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...o_actor_killed

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Actor Arrested After Fatal Action Scene
Thu Aug 21, 9:42 PM ET

MEXICO CITY - 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.

johnnymysto · 08-22-2003, 10:00 AM

Can you say, "Oops!!"

Actually, I read somewhere else that the props guy and producer vanished after the incident. So, I guess it's not an oops.

bermuDa · 08-22-2003, 10:56 AM

kinda sounds like how brandon lee went out

Gortexfogg · 08-22-2003, 11:08 AM

It's really too bad for the guy who got killed... to just go to work one day and end up dying. But I can't help but wonder, did they get it on film?

Kaos · 08-22-2003, 01:38 PM

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Originally posted by bermuDa
kinda sounds like how brandon lee went out

I was thinking the same thing. Unless the actor loaded the "bullets" himself, I don't see how he could get convicted.

bundy · 08-22-2003, 06:09 PM

thats insane.
how can a mix-up like that happen!!! (that is, if it was a mix-up)
surely they have people who check these little details.

juanvaldes · 08-22-2003, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by Gortexfogg
It's really too bad for the guy who got killed... to just go to work one day and end up dying. But I can't help but wonder, did they get it on film?

must have unless it was a dry run.

08-22-2003, 10:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnnymysto Overreactor Location: South Ca'lina	Can you say, "Oops!!" Actually, I read somewhere else that the props guy and producer vanished after the incident. So, I guess it's not an oops. __________________ "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request." - Capt. Barbossa

08-22-2003, 10:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	kinda sounds like how brandon lee went out __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

08-22-2003, 06:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	thats insane. how can a mix-up like that happen!!! (that is, if it was a mix-up) surely they have people who check these little details. __________________ Ohayo!!!

08-22-2003, 11:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	It's really too bad for the guy who got killed... to just go to work one day and end up dying. But I can't help but wonder, did they get it on film?