New Mexico (KRQEMore) – Santa Fe District Attorney to announce whether charges will be filed Thursday Deadly shooting on ‘Rust’ movie set 2021 years.
It’s been almost 16 months since actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun loaded with real bullets and killed the cinematographer. Halina Hutchins And injured manager Joel Sousa.
There will be no press conferences or public appearances by the District Attorney’s Office, DA Mary Carmack-Altwies said. Facebook post Wednesday.
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“Regardless of the District Attorney’s decision, this announcement is a solemn occasion and is made in a manner consistent with the Office’s commitment to upholding the integrity of the judicial process and respecting the families of victims.” Prosecutors said in the same post.
Hutchins died shortly after being shot while setting up a scene on a ranch outside Santa Fe on October 21, 2021. Sousa.
Following the completion of an autopsy and review of law enforcement reports, the New Mexico Medical Investigators Office determined that the shooting was an accident.
Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office full report The end of last year. Many details were redacted, but reports indicated that there were other issues with the weapons on set in “Rust.” accidental weapon fires and one accidental explosion.
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Baldwin describes Hutchins’ murder as a “tragic accident.”he tried to clear his name sue those involved in handling and supplying loaded guns It was handed to him on set. Baldwin, who also co-produced “Rust,” said he was told guns were safe.
In the lawsuit, Baldwin said that while working on camera angles with Hutchins during a scene rehearsal, he pointed the gun in her direction and pulled back to release the gun’s hammer.
The New Mexico Department of Occupational Safety and Health imposed a maximum fine against Rust Movie Productions. This was due to safety concerns, including testimony that the production manager took limited or no action to address two of his blank shot misfires on set prior to the fatal shooting. Based on a poignant account of failure. .
Rust Movie Productions continues to challenge the regulator’s basis for a $137,000 fine. Regulators say the set’s production manager did not follow standard industry protocols for firearm safety.
Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reid, who oversaw the firearms on set, has been subject to much scrutiny in the case, along with independent ammunition suppliers. and believes she was the victim of sabotage.
Investigators initially found 500 rounds of ammunition on a movie set outside Santa Fe. It contained a mixture of blanks, dummy rounds, and what appeared to be live ammunition. Industry experts say live rounds shouldn’t be done on set.
In April 2022, the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department released a trove of files containing lapel camera video of Hutchins fainting and disappearing after being fatally injured when an evacuation helicopter arrived. Interviews of witnesses, email threads, text conversations, ammunition inventories and hundreds of photographs completed the evidence collection.
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State workplace safety regulators said immediate concerns about gun safety were put to rest when filming of “Rust” was halted, and that new safety inspections would take place once filming resumed in New Mexico. I said I would.
The Hutchins family — widower Matthew Hutchins and son Andros — settled the lawsuit against the producers in an agreement aimed at getting Matthew’s involvement as executive producer to resume filming.
“Rust” has been plagued with controversy since its early October 2021 launch. A crew of seven left the set just hours before the fatal shooting amid discord over working conditions.
Hutchins’ death affected Negotiating safety provisions in union contracts for film crews Worked with Hollywood producers and inspired other filmmakers Choose a computer-generated image of a gunshot instead of a real weapon with empty ammo to minimize risk.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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