Posted on 10/24/2021 9:13:42 PM PDT by conservative98
The director of “Rust” told investigators that he had been standing beside the film’s cinematographer as the actor Alec Baldwin sat in a wooden church pew, rehearsing a scene in which he draws a gun and points it at the camera lens, according to an affidavit released Sunday night. The director, Joel Souza, said he then heard what “sounded like a whip and then loud pop.”
Mr. Souza saw the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, grabbing her midsection and starting to stumble backward. Then he noticed he was bleeding from his shoulder. He and Ms. Hutchins had been shot by the lead actor in their film.
The new details emerged on Sunday night when the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office released an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant to seize everything from camera memory cards to bone fragments and firearm discharge residue from the production site outside Santa Fe where the shooting took place on Thursday.
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According to the affidavit, Mr. Halls grabbed the revolver from a gray, two-tiered tray set up by Ms. Gutierrez-Reed. Mr. Halls handed the gun to Mr. Baldwin and shouted, “cold gun,” which on a film set typically refers to an unloaded firearm.
While setting up the scene, the crew had to reposition the camera because there was a shadow. Mr. Russell told the detective that Mr. Baldwin was explaining how he was going to draw the gun, pulling it out from the holster, when the firearm discharged.
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Mr. Souza, the director, told the detective that because the crew had been setting up the scene when the gun discharged, the incident had not been filmed.
After the firearm was discharged, Mr. Russell told the detective he “remembered Joel having blood on his person, and Ms. Hutchins speaking and saying she couldn’t feel her legs.”
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TMZ said he was practicing his “quick draw”. It takes a little coordination to shoot and draw....but certainly something he’s done before. NO ONE can tell me he doesn’t know about guns.
He was probably cocking the gun with his thumb as he drew. Thumb slipped off before it was fully cocked.
Too stupid to check the weapon.
Remember the line by his police friend from the movie "Chinatown" when a distraught Jake sees his lady friend shot, "Jake, it's Chinatown!"?
Well, "It's Santa Fe," where Trump and conservatism are despised. Don't expect a liberal anti-gun activist like Baldwin to be charged in an environment like that.
Once long ago, during a rehearsal, Ed Harris pointed a gun at me. That's normal.
Bet you won't drop your lines now.
Uh, does that extremely well-researched, factually accurate post mean John Durham?
Other articles said that the crew had been using that gun with live ammo for target practice some time prior; that even a fragment of a live shell in the chamber can injure or kill if the gun is loaded with a blank and fired at close range; that the regular union armorer crew had walked off an hour earlier due to safety issues; and that the live ammo was stored in the same location as the blanks.
I imagine the union people are having mixed emotions right now:
1) Glad it wasn't us and we left, since that arrogant ahole wouldn't let us do our job properly.
2) If only we had been there, this woudn't have happened.
Thank you.
That has been bugging me every time I see it.🙄
Thank you.
That has been bugging me every time I see it.🙄
Only for a short while. He’ll get off( They ALWAYS do ), and they’ll be back up in no time.
-PJ
Add 3) I hope no one finds out we put live ammo in it to make a union statement.
“Forget it Jake, it’s Santa Fe”.
Alec Baldwin continued to use the gun for target practice.
He managed to hit 2 people with one shot.
Well, in July 2016 James Comey explained why Hillary was guilty of lots of felonies.
Then, he asserted that he would not recommend charges.
For Baldwin, the question is whether rodent immunity extends to SNL impersonators of President Trump.
It probably will.
Good point. Awful to contemplate, since it's within the realm of possibility.
Growing up in the coal fields, I saw what “union men” were capable of doing with little regard nor remorse for any resulting injuries to bystanders.
Yes, they have the assurance they always have advocates (thugs) who will "fight for them."
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