An updated search warrant from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office gives new details about the fatal shooting on the set ofRustthatkilled cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Explaining the typical protocol, Halls told deputies: “I check the barrel for obstructions, most of the time there’s no live fire, she (armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed) opens the hatch and spins the drum, and I say cold gun on set,” according to the warrant.
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On the day of the incident, Halls said that Gutierrez-Reed showed him the loaded firearm after the crew returned from lunch, so that they could continue rehearsals. He told authorities he could only remember seeing three rounds in the gun, the affidavit states.
According to the warrant, he admitted that he should have checked each round, but he did not. He couldn’t remember if Gutierrez-Reed spun the drum.
Alec Baldwin; Halyna Hutchins.Jim Spellman/Getty; Fred Hayes/Getty
He also advised that the round without the hole didn’t have a “cap” on it, and “was just the casing.” He maintained that the shooting was “not a deliberate act,” the warrant states.
In her interview with deputies, Gutierrez-Reed said that she had checked the rounds inside the firearm to make sure they were “dummies,” and not real bullets. When the crew broke for lunch, the guns were locked inside a safe on the prop truck, which few people had access to, she added.
Gutierrez-Reed also told authorities that no live ammunition was ever kept on set, according to the affidavit.
On Wednesday, New Mexico authorities confirmed that the projectile that killed Hutchins and injured Souzawas a real lead bullet.
It has since been recovered from Souza’s shoulder.
Ata press conference, Sheriff Adan Mendoza said investigators discovered “500 rounds of ammunition” on the set, including, “a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and what we are suspecting are live rounds.”
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Rios confirmed to PEOPLE afterward that “live rounds” means “real bullets.”
It’s unclear where the bullets came from. Mendoza told reporters Wednesday he believed “there was some complacency on this set.”
The investigation remains ongoing, withproduction on the film halted. No charges have been filed.
Neither Halls nor Gutierrez-Reed have spoken publicly about the incident.
source: people.com
