Director Joel Souza revealed the moment Alec Baldwin accidentally killed Halyna Hutchins

Director Joel Souza revealed the moment Alec Baldwin accidentally killed Halyna Hutchins

“Joel then vaguely remembers that (Hutchins) complained about his stomach and put his hands there. Joel also said that (Hutchins) started to wobble and they helped her lie down, ”the affidavit added.

Hutchins even said that her legs were not feeling, according to Reid Russel, a cameraman who was with her at the time of the incident, told authorities. He had been shot in the chest.

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According to a note published by the newspaper The New York TimesSouza did not answer the question of how a weapon that was not supposed to contain live ammunition ended up killing her.

In his statement to investigators, he said that he believed the gun was safe and that it had been described as a “cold weapon” in firearm safety advertisements. He said that the guns on the movie set were normally checked by the gunsmith in the movie, Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, and then reviewed again by Dave Halls, the assistant director, who delivered them to the actors.

He also said that that Thursday, after preparing for the scene in a church, there was a lunch break and the staff were taken in a transport to another place to eat. He said they returned to the set after lunch but was “not sure if the gun was checked again.”

According to the affidavit, Russell told investigators that Baldwin was “trying to explain how he was going to get the firearm out and where his arm would be when the gun was removed from its holster.”

Russell “was not sure why the firearm was fired and just remembered the heavy blow from the firearm,” the affidavit says.

When asked how Baldwin handled the firearm, Russell told investigators that the actor “had been very careful” and recalled an earlier instance where Baldwin “made sure it was safe and that a child was not around. of him when they were firing a gun during that scene. “

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