Hollywood professionals have been baffled by the circumstances of the movie-set shooting. The investigation is ongoing, and authorities have said much work needs to be done before getting to a point where charges could be considered. Souza said the scene did not call for the use of live rounds. Souza told detectives that Baldwin was rehearsing a scene in which he drew a revolver from his holster and pointed it toward the camera, which Hutchins and Souza were behind. Gutierrez Reed said through her attorneys that she didn’t know where the live rounds came from and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions. Investigators found around 500 rounds of ammunition - a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected live rounds - even though the set’s firearms specialist, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, said real ammo should never have been present. In 2008 the compilation Various - Strictly Breaks - The Definitive Collector's Box Set contained all of the Strictly Breaks compilation (Vol. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said last week there was “some complacency” in how weapons were handled on the set. Authorities have said that Halls handed the weapon to Baldwin and announced “cold gun,” indicating that the weapon was safe to use. Halls has not returned phone calls and email messages seeking comment, and his attorney did not immediately return messages left Monday by The Associated Press.Ĭourt records have provided details about the death of Hutchins on the set of Rust near Santa Fe. Halls didn’t provide any details of what he thinks might be reformed or how changes might have helped avoid what happened on the set of Rust.Ĭoncerns have been raised about Halls’ safety record by colleagues on two previous productions. “It’s my hope that this tragedy prompts the industry to reevaluate its values and practices to ensure no one is harmed through the creative process again.” “I’m shocked and saddened by her death,” he said in the statement.
Halls said Hutchins was a friend and one of the most talented people he has worked with. 21 fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins and the wounding of director Joel Souza during production of the Western Rust in New Mexico.
The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed again.ĭavid Halls released a statement to the New York Post, breaking his silence following the Oct.