Criminal Charges Against Alec Baldwin Are Not Ruled Out In Prop Gun Incident: US Officials
Last week, in a tragic incident Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded the director Joel Souza on the set of his latest movie Rust.
Last
week,
in
a
tragic
incident
Alec
Baldwin
fatally
shot
cinematographer
Halyna
Hutchins
and
wounded
the
director
Joel
Souza
on
the
set
of
his
latest
movie
Rust.
While
no
charges
have
been
filed
due
to
the
prop
gun
misfire
incident,
US
officials
have
released
a
report
revealing
that
criminal
charges
against
Alec
have
not
been
ruled
out
completely.
On
Wednesday
(October
27),
Santa
Fe
District
Attorney
Mary
Carmack-Altwies
said,
"All
options
are
on
the
table.
No
one
has
been
ruled
out
at
this
point."
During
the
investigation,
the
police
reportedly
recovered
500
rounds
of
ammunition
from
the
set
in
New
Mexico.
Sheriff
Adan
Mendoza
revealed
that
they
were
a
mix
of
blanks,
dummies
and
live
rounds.
"We
suspect
there
were
other
live
rounds
found
on
set.
We're
going
to
determine
how
those
got
there,
why
they
were
there,
because
they
shouldn't
have
been
there.
I
think
there
was
some
complacency
on
this
set," he
added.
Baldwin
was
rehearsing
a
scene
in
which
he
can
be
seen
pulling
the
Pietta
Long
Colt
.45
from
a
holster
and
firing
towards
the
camera
when
the
gun
discharged.
Halyna
Hutchins
was
shot
in
the
torso,
while
a
bullet
lodged
in
the
shoulder
of
director
Joel
Souza,
who
was
standing
behind
her.
Baldwin
had
been
"co-operative" during
the
investigation,
the
police
have
also
questioned
armorer
Hannah
Gutierrez
Reed
and
assistant
director
Dave
Halls.
According
to
reports,
Halls
handed
Baldwin
the
weapon
that
killed
Hutchins,
using
the
phrase
"cold
gun",
indicating
the
prop
was
safe
to
use.
Meanwhile,
Gutierrez
Reed
was
responsible
for
supplying
and
keeping
weapons
safe
on
set,
ensuring
that
they
are
accounted
for
at
all
times,
and
locked
away
when
not
in
use.
However,
The
Wrap
reported
that
crew
members
had
been
using
the
weapons
just
hours
before
Hutchins
was
killed.
Rust,
coincidentally
the
film
set
in
the
'80s
follows
a
man
on
the
run
after
he
is
sentenced
to
be
hanged
for
accidentally
killing
a
rancher,
The
film's
production
has
been
paused
indefinitely
after
Halyna
Hutchins' demise.