Assistant who handed a gun to Alec Baldwin had been fired in 2019 for a gun incident

The assistant director who handed actor Alec Baldwin the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins had been fired in 2019 from another shoot for a gun incident, a producer of that film reported Monday.

Hutchins died Thursday after she was injured on the set of the movie “Rust” in New Mexico. Baldwin manipulated the weapon while they rehearsed a scene when the shot occurred.

Dave Halls, the production assistant, was the one who turned the gun over to Baldwin, according to affidavits released by the Santa Fe sheriff’s department in charge of the investigations.

Halls “was fired from the set of ‘Freedom’s Path’ in 2019 after a member of the crew suffered a minor injury when a weapon unexpectedly went off,” a producer of that yet-to-be released film told AFP. .

Halls was immediately removed from the set after the prop gun was fired. The production did not film again until Dave was out of the location. An incident report was collected on that occasion, “added the” Freedom’s Path “producer.

Authorities are investigating the shooting that occurred at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, where Baldwin was filming the western movie “Rust.” Production director Joel Souza was injured but was released the same day.

Hutchins was airlifted to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. (I)