A search warrant released overnight has shed more light on the sequence of events that led to Alec Baldwin firing a prop gun that contained a live round, unbeknownst to him.
Horror struck on Thursday, October 21, when Baldwin accidentally discharged a prop firearm on the set of new Western movie Rust, killing a woman and injuring a man.
Per BBC News, the woman has been named as Halyna Hutchins, a 42-year-old director of photography, and the injured man is Joel Souza, the film's director.
Hutchins was transported via helicopter to the University of New Mexico Hospital, but was later pronounced dead, per Deadline.
Souza was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, but has since been discharged, actress Frances Fisher wrote on Twitter.
No one has been arrested or charged as police continue to investigate how the tragic shooting occurred.
LA Times reports that Baldwin was sitting on a wooden pew during rehearsal "drawing his weapon and pointing the revolver towards the camera lens," according to a search warrant from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office.
Souza, who was shot in the shoulder, said he was "looking over the shoulder of Halyna when he heard what sounded like a whip and then a loud pop."
Witnesses said Hutchins, who was hit in the chest, said she "couldn't feel her legs" and "began to stumble backwards," according to the warrant, per LA Times.
Souza said three people were handling the gun for the scene; armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, then assistant director Dave Halls, who handed the gun to Baldwin, the affidavit said.
Halls had taken one of three prop guns set up by Gutierrez Reed on a cart left outside the structure because of Covid-19 restrictions, the affidavit said.
Souza said cast and crew were preparing the scene before lunch but then had a meal away from the rehearsal area around 12:30 PM, according to the affidavit. When they returned, Souza said, he wasn't sure if the gun was checked again, the affidavit said.
"Joel said as far as he knows, no one gets checked for live ammunition on their person prior and after the scenes are being filmed," the affidavit said.
"The only thing checked are the firearms to avoid live ammunition being in them. Joel stated there should never be live rounds whatsoever, near or around the scene."
Souza said he was looking over Hutchins’ shoulder when the gun discharged.
Hutchins grabbed her midsection, stumbled backward and "was assisted to the ground," Souza told the detective.
The search warrant said Russell recalled hearing a loud bang, seeing a bloody Souza, and hearing Hutchins say she couldn't feel her legs.
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