Too much gunpowder???

“Actor Arrested After Fatal Scene
Aug 21, 8:42 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- 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.”

“hummm???”

“It could be that it happened the same way Brandon Lee was killed . They did a scene first with a real bullet to get a shot(on film) of it coming out of the barrel and a bullet ended up getting lodged in the barrel and when the blank was used in the next scene it was pretty much the same as shooting a regular load with a bullet.and If this is the case then the stunt coordinator should be in jail not the actor! Streamweaver”

“Just organized crime senting a message to the actors/actress'....keep your mouths shut and pay us for "protection fees".”