When the world learned that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza injured after Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of Rust, one name sprung to the mind of many: Brandon Lee.
The son of Bruce Lee died in an eerily similar fashion nearly thirty years before Halyna’s death, and his name began to trend on Twitter.
This prompted Brandon’s family to issue a statement on Haylna’s passing. “Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and all involved in the incident on Rust,” tweeted the official Brandon Lee Twitter account, which is run by his sister, Shannon Lee (per CNN). “No one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set.
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