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New details on actor Baldwin’s fatal shooting with prop gun

The ongoing investigation has yet to establish responsibility for the shooting and no charges have been filed.

Actor Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene where he pointed a prop pistol at the camera lens when he fatally shot director of photography Halyna Hutchins, according to new details of the tragedy released Monday.

The film’s director, Joel Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins when the gun was fired and he was hit in the shoulder, said he heard something that “sounded like a whip and then a loud bang,” the investigative report states. preliminary consulted by the AFP.

The team was shooting a low-budget western called Rust in the state of New Mexico, in the southern United States.

“Alec (Baldwin) was sitting in a pew on set, practicing his draw,” the document reports. The director looked over the shoulder of the 42-year-old cinematographer, who was shot in the torso on Thursday and pronounced dead hours later.

After the shooting, the filmmaker “grabbed her abdomen” and said she could not feel her legs, the director testified, adding that “she started to stumble backward” and was “helped to fall to the ground.”.

Camera operator Reid Russell claimed that the incident was not recorded, because the cast and crew were still preparing for the scene..

Assistant director Dave Halls had said the gun was “cold,” meaning it wasn’t loaded with a real bullet in movie lingo.

Nevertheless, Souza said he was “not sure” if the weapon had been rechecked after a team lunch break..

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The investigation, which is still ongoing, He has not yet established responsibility for the shooting and no charges have been filed, But the focus is on who handled the gun before the shooting.

In addition to actor Baldwin, two people handled the gun, according to Souza, 48, who was discharged for his injuries.

The first, Hannah Gutiérrez Reed, is a 24-year-old movie gunsmith. She was the one who prepared the weapon and placed it in a cart with two other weapons. After the shot, he guarded the pistol, collected the spent casings and handed them over to the police.

And then Assistant Halls, who handed the gun to the actor and informed him that it was not loaded.

Halls “did not know the gun was loaded with live ammunition,” said another report from an officer with the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office.

Described as a seasoned professional, Halls nevertheless has a negative reputation for allowing dangerous practices to take place on set, the network said Sunday. NBC News.

For his part, Baldwin has been questioned by detectives in Santa Fe and has said he is fully cooperating with the investigation.

The new details emerged as friends and colleagues of Hutchins gathered Sunday to pay tribute at a vigil in which they displayed their anguish and anger.

The tragedy opened a debate on the safety of the personnel and the use of weapons in the filming.

Calls for a ban on live firearms on movie sets have been growing: a petition gathered more than 24,000 signatures and a California legislator announced that he would push for a bill to ban live ammunition on movie sets. state. (I)

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