"On October 21, 2021, filming of the western Rust resumed at a ranch 20 minutes from Santa Fe, New Mexico, after a lunch break. Alec Baldwin, the film's star, fired a Colt .45 revolver during a rehearsal. Unfortunately, the gun was loaded with several blanks and one live round, and the shot was aimed directly at the crew behind the camera, as the scene was to be filmed from that perspective."
"The shot killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and shrapnel from the bullet, after passing through the first victim, hit director Joel Souza's shoulder, stopping just centimeters from his spine. Baldwin and the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, were charged with involuntary manslaughter. It was her responsibility to ensure the gun was loaded with blanks only (real pistols, rifles, and shotguns are used in the U.S. film industry; in Europe film sets only use prop guns)."
"The first assistant director, David Halls who handed the weapon to Baldwin and assured him, using the phrase cold gun, as required by industry protocol, that it was unloaded pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon."
On October 21, 2021, filming of Rust resumed at a ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Alec Baldwin fired a Colt .45 revolver during rehearsal that contained several blanks and one live round. The shot killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and sent shrapnel into director Joel Souza's shoulder. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was responsible for ensuring blanks only and was later convicted and sentenced to eighteen months. Charges against Alec Baldwin were dismissed in July 2024 on procedural grounds. First assistant director David Halls pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for negligent use of a deadly weapon. Reports noted lapses in on-set control and a sluggish pace that day.
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