SYDNEY // An actor was shot dead on Monday while filming a music video featuring guns at a bar in Brisbane.
The shooting of the man in his 20s, who was hit in the chest, was believed to have been accidental but Australian police said they had opened a criminal investigation.
“A scene was being conducted in which the actors were using ... a number of firearms,” detective inspector Tom Armitt said.
“The deceased person was an actor in that scene.
“The film crew were actively performing CPR on the person,” Mr Armitt said, adding that the man died at the scene.
Police did not name the actor or the band involved. The Brisbane Times said Australian hip-hop group Bliss n Eso were shooting the video at the Brooklyn Standard, a basement bar down an alley in the city centre.
* Agence France-Presse