An Australian actor was killed Monday while filming a scene featuring several guns for hip hop group Bliss n Eso's latest music video, police said.
The man, a professional stunt double in his 20s, died at a bar in the Queensland city of Brisbane while filming a video for the song Friend Like You. The group is slated to debut its new album, Off the Grid, in March.
Members of the hip hop trio were not on the set at the time, but are "extremely upset and shaken up" by the incident, the group's management said in a statement.
"We're incredibly saddened by the tragic incident that occurred today," group members Jonathan Notley (MC Bliss), Max MacKinnon (MC Eso) and Tarik Ejjamai (DJ Izm) said in a joint Twitter post.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to the victim's family and friends."
We're incredibly saddened by the tragic incident that occurred today. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victim's family and friends. http://pic.twitter.com/3a6Z8uiTDM
— @blissneso
During the scene, being filmed during the day outside of the bar's operating hours, several actors fired their guns and the actor somehow received wounds to his chest, Queensland Police Detective Inspector Tom Armitt said.
No one else was injured.
It was not immediately clear whether the guns were loaded with live ammunition or blanks, Armitt said.
Blank cartridges can still cause injuries if fired at close range.
"I can't tell you whether they are live or real firearms," Armitt told reporters.
"I can't tell you the type of ammunition that were being used. That will be a subject of the investigation."
Police did not release the actor's name.
The group had recently issued a call-out on social media seeking participants for the video.
Stuntman killed filming gun scene for Australian music video
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