Alec Baldwin shooting – latest news: Police find ‘fanny pack’ of bullets on Rust
Candlelit vigil held for Halyna Hutchins after deadly shooting
A principal actor on Rust has said that a scene where he was shot at in the movie felt “life-threatening”.
Ian A Hudson, who played an outlaw in the film, recalled an experience on set when he was exposed to gunfire while the camera and crew were protected by a shield.
“That made me question me being in front of the camera and being between all of that fire. When the rounds were released I did feel the blanks hitting my face and my body,” Hudson told TMZ.
Safety practices on the set of Rust are being investigated by authorities in New Mexico after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot dead on the set on Thursday.
Alec Baldwin, an actor and producer on Rust, had been practising a “cross-draw” weapons firing technique and was aiming at a camera when a prop gun went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
Since the incident, it has emerged that the assistant director who handed Baldwin the gun that killed Hutchins had been sacked from a film in 2019 after a prop gun accidentally fired on the set of the movie Freedom’s Path, injuring a crew member.
Authorities in Sante Fe have released statements by Rust director Joel Souza and a cameraman who said last week’s accidental shooting happened during a scene filmed inside a mock church.
On Sunday, hundreds attended a vigil for cinematographer Hutchins in Albuquerque, New Mexico. An investigation into the shooting is continuing.
GOP congressman slams Trump Jr for selling T-shirts mocking Rust shooting
Rep Adam Kinzinger, an anti-Trump Republican congressman, has condemned an effort by Donald Trump Jr to sell T-shirts mocking the Rust shooting.
The shirts, which read “Guns don’t kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people,” go for $27.99 on shopdonjr.com.
“An innocent person was killed, but anything for a buck,” Mr Kinzinger tweeted.
Nathan Place26 October 2021 17:30
‘Fanny pack’ of bullets found on Rust set by investigators
Authorities have said they recovered loose and boxed ammunition while investigating cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’s death on the set of Alec Baldwin’s film Rust.
According to an inventory of seized items that was made public on Monday (25 October), these included “two boxes of ammo”, “loose ammo and boxes”, and a “fanny pack with ammo”. Officers also found three revolvers and loose casings.
In an interview with The New York Times, a Los Angeles-based professional armourer said the fact that loose ammunition and casings were found on set “raises questions” about the organisation of the film’s armoury department. Typically, he explained, ammunition is kept in a clearly labelled box.
Nathan Place26 October 2021 17:01
Rust assistant director was fired from previous movie over gun incident, report says
The assistant director who reportedly handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer was fired from a previous movie over a similar incident, CNN says.
Dave Halls was working on the 2019 film Freedom’s Path when a prop gun “unexpectedly discharged”, CNN reported, injuring a sound technician.
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