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  • PROP FIREARM-MOVIE SET

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood professionals say they're baffled by the circumstances of the New Mexico movie-set shooting that left a cinematographer dead, adding that production crews have stepped up safety measures. Jeffrey Wright says the death has brought a renewed attention to detail on the set of "Westworld," the HBO series he stars in. He also says he has never been handed a weapon on set without seeing that the barrel was clear. "The Umbrella Academy" actor Justin Min says precautions were taken to "another level" after the shooting. Actor Alec Baldwin fired the shot that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. A photo published in the New York Post shows him embracing Hutchins' husband on Saturday.

  • AP-US-PROP-FIREARM-MOVIE-SET-ALEC-BALDWIN

NEW YORK (AP) — Details are still emerging about how Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. But some political onlookers swiftly assigned guilt to one of Hollywood's most prominent liberals. Right-wing pundits and politicians have long chafed at Baldwin's criticism of former President Donald Trump and his Trump parody on "Saturday Night Live." They wasted little time zeroing in on the actor who pulled the trigger. The hashtag #AlecForPrison ricocheted around Twitter. By Monday, Trump's oldest son was selling $28 T-shirts on his official website with the slogan "Guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people."

  • JAIL INMATE DEATH

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Bernalillo County Sheriff's officials say they are investigating the death of a jail inmate. They say violent crimes detectives were called out to the Metropolitan Detention Center on Monday night. Sheriff's officials didn't immediately release the name, age or gender of the deceased inmate or release any additional details about the case. They say an update will be provided when more information is available.

  • VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW MEXICO

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has reached the grim milestone of having more than 5,000 deaths from COVID-19, officials said Monday. Most of those hospitalized with the virus were unvaccinated. Ninety three percent of the 1,039 people who died in New Mexico from the virus from February to Oct. 11 weren't vaccinated. In all, the state has seen 271,212 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 5,002 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began.

  • VIRUS OUTBREAK-NAVAJO NATION

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no coronavirus-related deaths for the 18th time in the past 26 days. The latest numbers pushed the tribe's totals to 36,161 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death toll is at 1,474. Tribal health officials had reported 24 new cases and two deaths on  Sunday. Based on cases from Oct. 8-21, the Navajo Department of Health issued an advisory notice for 48 communities due to uncontrolled spread of COVID-19. The tribe's reservation is the country's largest at 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) and covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.   

  • AP-US-PROP-FIREARM-DIGITAL-GUNSHOTS

NEW YORK (AP) — The tragedy that unfolded on a New Mexico movie set when Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer, has led to calls for fundamental change in Hollywood. Some are saying real guns should be banned on sets. From a change.org petition to a network TV drama that has banished real weapons from the set, supporters of the move say there is no justification for taking any risks when computers can create gunshots in post-production. Halyna Hutchins was killed when Baldwin fired a weapon that a crew member told him was safe.

  • SCHOOL'S STOLEN BAND EQUIPMENT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque say they have recovered a high school's stolen truck that was filled with about $200,000  worth of band equipment. On the day of a major competition just a few hours before they were supposed to perform, the Las Cruces High School marching band discovered that all their equipment and instruments were gone. School officials say some of the stolen equipment was new and some of it wasn't insured. Other schools reached out to help by lending the band some band equipment so Las Cruces High Bulldogs could compete in the Zia Marching Band Fiesta, a major competition at the University of New Mexico.  Police say the van was later found Saturday in Albuquerque.