The death of Halyna Hutchins has raised many questions in recent days. As a reminder, the 42-year-old woman was inadvertently shot on Thursday, October 21, 2021, by actor Alec Baldwin during the shooting of the film Rust in New Mexico. An accident that was fatal to her as she succumbed to her injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital. Based on proprietary information gathered by the Mail Online, this Saturday, October 23, the weapon given to the 63-year-old actor was considered safe.
Indeed, according to media information, the actor believed that the pistol – a vintage Colt – loaded with blank bullets. Because in the eyes of the security present on the filming location, the weapon used was considered to be fictitious. According to a search warrant published Friday, October 22, it was discovered that one of the film’s deputy directors handed over to Alec Baldwin a gun loaded with live ammunition telling him that the gun could be used safely. To that, that same warrant mentioned that a single bullet had hit Halyna Hutchins in the chest, then also hit director Joel Souza in the shoulder.
A shoot with multiple problems
Regarding the person in charge of the accessories, whose identity is still unknown, a source told the New York Post that it was a non-unionized worker who had just been brought on site to replace the previous workers (who left due to the many safety problems already present). These same workers even showed up on the set to collect their belongings and discovered, once there, that they had been replaced.
To this, the magazine Deadline also recounted the comments from an anonymous source. The latter then told them that a gun had already exploded “in a cabin“a few days before the accident.”A gun had two misfires in a closed cabin. They just pulled loud pops – someone was just holding it in their hands and it went off“, could we read.