SANTA FE, N.M. — Law enforcement officers released a trove of video proof Monday in the continuing investigation of a deadly October shooting of a cinematographer by actor and producer Alec Baldwin on the set of a Western movie.
Data information released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office included a video of investigators debriefing Baldwin inside hours of the deadly shooting, speaking with him inside a compact workplace. The investigation information additionally embrace rehearsal clips that present Baldwin in costume as he practices a quick-draw maneuver with a gun.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza stated in an announcement that the investigation by his company stays open and ongoing because it awaits the outcomes of ballistics and forensic evaluation from the FBI in addition to research of fingerprint and DNA.
“The sheriff’s office is releasing all files associated with our ongoing investigation,” he stated in the assertion. Those information additionally embrace images of ammunition from the set and examination studies.
At a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021, Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off, killing Hutchins and wounding the director, Joel Souza. They had been inside a small church throughout setup for filming a scene.
In a video taken by police later that day, Baldwin makes a number of frantic calls as he awaits a gathering with regulation enforcement officers.
“You have no idea how unbelievable this is and how strange this is,” he says over the cellphone.
New Mexico office security regulators final week issued the utmost attainable effective of almost $137,000 towards the “Rust” movie manufacturing firm.
New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau stated Rust Movie Productions should pay $136,793, and distributed a scathing narrative of security failures in violation of normal trade protocols, together with testimony that manufacturing managers took restricted or no motion to handle two misfires on set previous to the deadly shooting.
The bureau additionally documented gun security complaints from crew members that went unheeded and stated weapons specialists weren’t allowed to make choices about further security coaching. Rust Movie Productions has indicated it’ll dispute the findings and sanction.
Baldwin stated in a December interview with ABC News that he was on set pointing the gun at Hutchins at her instruction when it went off with out his pulling the set off.