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The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer shot and killed on the set of "Rust" on Oct. 21, announced the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit at a press conference Tuesday. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in New Mexico, names Alec Baldwin and others who "are responsible for the safety on the set" and "reckless behavior and cost-cutting" led to the death of Hutchins, according to Hutchins' lawyer.

A New Mexico judge has ordered that the First Assistant Director at the heart of the fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins can’t avoid any more sitting down with the state investigators.

NEW YORK -- The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer, backs up the actor’s assertion that he did not pull the trigger.Lisa Torraco, a lawyer for assistant director David Halls, told ABC News that her client has always said Baldwin never pulled the trigger.

The attorney for Rust assistant director David Halls said that his client insisted that Alec Baldwin did not pull the trigger on the gun that discharged on the set of the movie, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the movie’s director.

Legal woes. Alec Baldwin is being sued after he accidentally shot and killed his cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, with a loaded prop gun on the set of his upcoming movie, Rust, in October 2021.

Alec Baldwin is being sued in the wake of the fatal shooting. Serge Svetnoy, the chief electrician on the set of , is suing Baldwin, as well as armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, assistant director David Halls, and others, over the on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.According to court docs obtained by multiple outlets, Svetnoy is claiming the defendants' alleged negligence caused him severe emotional distress in the aftermath of the incident,

As New Mexico police continue their investigation into the October 21 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin, on the set of Rust, the first in what is expected to many lawsuits has been filed.

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefThere are still so many unanswered questions as to what led to the devastating death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” — the most salient being how live ammunition got into the gun that killed her and wounded director Joel Souza.Last week came the shocking revelation from an Oct.

Assistant director of Rust, David Halls, broke his silence over the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Alec Baldwin 's latest film.

And Deadline reported Thursday that First Assistant Director David Halls has lined up former prosecutor Lisa Torraco, also based in Albuquerque.While the investigation into the death of Hutchins is still ongoing, experts tell TheWrap that Gutierrez-Reed and Halls could face criminal charges due to the growing appearance of reckless or negligent behavior that may have directly led to the tragedy.Hutchins was killed on Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: A week after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin on the New Mexico set of Rust, two crew members at the center of the police probe have hired a pair of the state’s top criminal defense lawyers.

The crew member responsible for overall safety on the set of Rust has admitted he didn’t properly check the gun that Alec Baldwin fired on October 21 and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the set of “Rust,” told investigators that live ammunition was not used on the set, according to a search warrant affidavit filed on Wednesday.David Halls, the first assistant director, also told investigators that he did not check all three rounds in a handgun before giving it to Alec Baldwin and declaring it a “cold gun.” He acknowledged he should have done so, according to the affidavit.“David advised when Hannah showed

J. Kim Murphy administratorThree crew members who had worked alongside “Rust” assistant director David Halls have given details about the A.D.’s behavior on a previous project, where he is alleged to have created unsafe conditions on a set in 2019.“I can confirm that Dave Halls was fired from the set of ‘Freedom’s Path’ in 2019 after a crew member incurred a minor and temporary injury when a gun was unexpectedly discharged,” a producer on the film confirmed to Variety.

 A number of crew members had taken prop guns from the New Mexico set of the indie Western — including the gun that killed Hutchins — to go “plinking,” a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said. The shooting happened just a few hours later, when lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a revolver after first assistant director David Halls confirmed that it was a “cold gun,” meaning that the gun did not have any live ammunition in

EXCLUSIVE: As the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office continues their investigation of the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, which also injured director Joel Souza, on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie Rust, new claims and details are emerging of first assistant director, David Halls – including a 2019 complaint against him.