As The Wrap reports, one of the guns used was later handed over to actor Alec Baldwin, who opened fire that killed Hutchins, 42, and injured director Joel Souza.
“There’s this pastime that crew members sometimes do, it’s called ‘plinking,’ and they go to the countryside and they shoot at beer cans. It’s with ammunition. We know Turns out it happened on the morning of the day Halina Hutchins was killed,” Waxman said.
Waxman told CNN that it is common to “winkle” when there is downtime during a shoot.
CNN could not confirm The Wrap’s reporting.
Asked by The Wrap for comment on this reporting, the producers of “Rust” referred to their previous statement sent to media outlets including CNN: “The safety of our cast and crew is for Rust Productions and everyone associated with the company.” Top priority.. Although we weren’t made aware of any official complaints related to weapon or prop safety on set, we will conduct an internal review of our processes during the production shutdown. We will work with Santa Fe officials to investigate and offer them Will continue to support mental health services for the cast and crew during this sad time.”
The incident happened on Thursday at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
According to a search warrant affidavit, Souza, who was wounded in the shoulder, told investigators that Baldwin was practicing drawing his gun, so the prop gun went off.
Souza spoke to investigators on Friday, according to an affidavit released Sunday by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office.
The affidavit states that Souza told him that Baldwin “was sitting in a pew in a church building setting, and he was practicing a cross draw.” A cross draw occurs when a shooter draws a weapon from a holster on the opposite side of the body.
According to the affidavit, Souza was looking over Hutchins’ shoulder “when she heard what sounded like a whip and then popped loudly”.
Souza also confirmed to an investigator that he heard the word “cold gun” on set, implying that the gun should have been empty.
According to the warrant, Souza said three people were handling the firearms for the scenes – they were checked by armorer and the assistant director first and then given to the actor using them.
The investigator said Souza was not aware that anyone on the set was being checked to see if he had ammunition on him before or after the scene was shot.
“The only thing that has been investigated is that they contain firearms to avoid live ammunition. There should never be live rounds in or near the scene,” Joel (Souza) said in the affidavit.
Representatives for Souza have not returned CNN’s requests for comment.
No charges have been filed. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office says it will discuss the matter further at a news conference on Wednesday.
Past incidents reported on set
According to multiple news reports, there were at least two accidental prop gun discharges on the “Rust” set in the days before the fatal shooting.
According to an email sent to CNN from the New Mexico Department of the Environment (NMED), there were no complaints of unsafe conditions on the set of “Rust” sent to the Bureau of Occupational Health and Safety (OHSB) in New Mexico.
Armor, who designed the prop gun used by Baldwin on Thursday, was identified in search warrant documents as Hannah Gutierrez. She had recently completed work on her first project as Head Armour, she said in a September podcast interview.
“I was really nervous about it at first,” Gutierrez said of working as Head Armor on the set of “The Old Way” starring Nicolas Cage.
“I almost didn’t take the job because I wasn’t sure I was ready, but doing it like it went really smoothly,” he said in an interview on the “Voice of the West” podcast. old West.
He said his job as an armorer ranged from teaching actors to wear gun belts to aiming and shooting.
CNN’s Jones contributed to this story.
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