Australian actor dies on set of music video

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The Aussie actor was shot Monday morning on the set of a Bliss n Eso video, reports BBC News.

Johann Ofner was 20-years-old and he died during the shooting which occurred in a bar from Brisbane.

According to detective Tom Armitt, the fire shots reported by witnesses have triggered accidentally during 03:00 local time in Eagle Lane, Brisbane.

Unfortunately, Johann was caught in the middle of the shots and he was fatally injured in the chest area and passed away shortly after.

He received medical assistance on spot, but after an hour of performing resuscitation maneuvers the paramedics declared Johann dead.

The manager of the hip-hop band declared the members of the troop were not at the location when the incident took place.

However, they are cooperating with the authorities and they are not able to offer further information.

The authorities initiated an investigation in order to discover what kind of ammunition was used and how it all occurred.

The owners of the bar announced on their official Facebook they will shut down the establishment for today.

Bliss, Eso and Izm published a press statement on Facebook on Monday night, expressing their sadness over the accident.

“We were not on set at the time and our management team is currently working with the police and the production company filming the video to get more details,” they said.

According to the managing team of the artists, the members were looking for actors to play the roles of businessmen, taxi drivers and drug dealers in the music video.