Alec Baldwin attends memorial for cinematographer he shot
Alec Baldwin tweets article that he ‘was told prop gun was safe before fatal shooting’ as he attends memorial for cinematographer he shot
Alec Baldwin tweeted a Variety article on Friday that he ‘was told prop gun was safe before fatal shooting’ of female cinematographer on the set of Western filmThat same night he attended a private memorial in Halyna Hutchins’ honor with her husband, Matthew, and 9-year-old sonEarlier in the day Baldwin tweeted: ‘There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident’ The actor accidentally shot and killed Hutchins on the set of Rust when he was handed a prop gun loaded with live ammunition
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Alec Baldwin tweeted an article that he ‘was told prop gun was safe before fatal shooting’ as he attended the private memorial for the female cinematographer he accidentally shot on his movie set.
Halyna Hutchins, 42, was tragically killed on Thursday when Baldwin fired a prop gun that was loaded with live ammunition.
A private memorial was held in Santa Fe last night with Hutchins’ husband Matthew, her 9-year-old son, and Baldwin in attendance, according to ShowBiz411. It was reported that grief counselors were present at the service.
Later Friday night Baldwin tweeted a Variety article titled Alec Baldwin Was Told Prop Gun Was Safe Before Fatal Shooting, Affidavit Says.
Alec Baldwin tweeted this Variety article on Friday night as he attended a private memorial in honor or Halyna Hutchins
Baldwin accidentally shot and killed Hutchins, a cinematographer, when he fired a prop gun that was loaded with live ammunition on Thursday
Hutchins, 42, is survived by her husband, Matthew, and her 9-year-old son
Baldwin first addressed the tragedy on Twitter Friday: ‘There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and’
‘I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.’
Hutchins’ grieving husband Matthew told DailyMail.com on Friday morning that he had spoken with the actor.
‘I have spoken with Alec Baldwin and he is being very supportive,’ he said.
A public memorial will be held in Albuquerque Saturday from 6 – 7:30 pm. A GoFundMe page has been created by the International Cinematographers Guild Local 600 to raise funds to support her family.
The American Film Institute has established a memorial scholarship to support aspiring female cinematographers in her honor.
After the fatal shooting, Baldwin was heard asking people around him why he’d been handed a ‘hot gun’.
‘In all my years, I’ve never been handed a hot gun,’ he was heard saying.
The article that Baldwin tweeted states that the prop gun that was handed to Baldwin ‘was declared safe by the production’s assistant director Dave Halls’ who ‘shouted “cold gun” on set, meaning that the prop gun was safe to use and did not contain any live ammo,’ according to the affidavit.
It also claims that the assistant director said he ‘did not know live rounds were in the prop gun’ which was prepared by armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed beforehand.
A search warrant released Friday said that Gutierrez-Reed laid out three prop guns on a cart outside the filming location, and first assistant director Halls grabbed the gun from the cart and brought it inside to Baldwin, unaware that it was loaded with live rounds.
The 68 year-old actor was snapped doubled-over in a parking lot, with his hands on his knees and his face seemingly crumpled with distress after the fatal shooting
Baldwin and Hutchins (circled) are pictured together on the set of Rust, in an image that she uploaded to Instagram two days ago saying the crew of the film were supporting a strike by the IATSE union
‘Cold gun!’ shouted Halls before handing the gun to Baldwin, using the phrase to signal to cast and crew that the gun was safe to fire for the scene, the warrant said.
Seconds later, filming a scene inside an Old West-style church, Baldwin apparently aimed towards the camera and pulled the trigger, accidentally killing Hutchins as she filmed him, and injuring director Joel Souza, who stood behind her.
Neither Halls nor Gutierrez-Reed immediately returned messages from DailyMail.com late on Friday. Neither has been charged or named as a criminal suspect in the case, though a police investigation is ongoing.
It has been revealed that the 24-year-old head armorer in charge of guns the set had admitted she wasn’t sure she was ready for the job in an interview before filming started.
‘I almost didn’t take the job because I wasn’t sure if I was ready, but doing it, it went really smoothly,’ Gutierrez-Reed said in a podcast interview last month after leading the firearms department for The Old Way, starring Nicolas Cage – her first time as head armorer.
She also admitted in the podcast interview she found loading blanks into a gun ‘the scariest’ thing because she did not know how to do it and had sought help from her father, legendary gunsmith Thell Reed, to get over the fear.
