UPDATED with coroner confirmation and production information: A crew member was killed on the set of a New Orleans-area production on Monday, Deadline has confirmed.
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The cause of death for James “Trapper” McEvoy, a grip who was also a member of IATSE Local 478, has not yet been confirmed, but he is suspected to have died by electrocution. An autopsy was being conducted Tuesday morning at the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office in Harvey, LA, about six miles south of New Orleans, a coroner’s office spokesperson told Deadline…