‘Rust’ gun crew was ‘immature’ and ‘horrified’ people on set: report

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe gaffer on “Rust” felt a whoosh of air and heard the loudest shot he had ever heard on set, and then watched helplessly as his friend Halyna Hutchins faded away in his arms, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.Serge Svetnoy provided a detailed, first-hand account of the Oct. 21 shooting in a negligence suit against several defendants, including “Rust” star Alec Baldwin, the film’s producers, the armorer and first assistant director.

Alec Baldwin has stated that police officers should be employed on all film and TV sets that utilize guns.

Suspicions are high in the aftermath of the shooting on the set of “Rust”.

The crew member who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun on the set of "Rust" had been previously fired from a separate project after another incident with a prop firearm. On Thursday, Baldwin discharged a firearm while rehearsing a scene for the western-genre film, resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

 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

The "Rust" crew member who reportedly gave Alec Baldwin a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was previously the subject of a safety complaint.  Crew member Maggie Goll said in a statement to The Associated Press that she filed an internal complaint with the executive producers of Hulu’s "Into the Dark" series in 2019 over concerns about assistant director Dave Halls' behavior on set.

The prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a New Mexico movie set had been used by crew members offsite for fun, a new report claims. The gun, which was fired by Alec Baldwin on the set of the movie "Rust," may have even been loaded with live rounds when it was used for what was essentially target practice, TMZ reported.

There is new information surfacing surrounding Alec Baldwin‘s movie Rust and the deadly shooting on set in New Mexico.

New details are unfolding from the accidental shooting incident that left one person dead on the set of Rust in New Mexico. Alec Baldwin, the lead star of the Western drama, accidentally discharged a prop gun on Oct. 21 that killed Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. Santa Fe Police arrived at the Bonanza Creek Ranch set after receiving a 911 call — and that exact call has now been released to the general public by TMZ. It can be listened to HERE.

The New Mexico set of the indie Western Rust, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed Thursday by a prop gun “discharged” by star Alec Baldwin, had been having a myriad of issues, including problems related to safety, before the accident, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation. That included at least one previous incident involving a misfiring of a weapon that was used days before in a scene.

Frances Fisher is speaking out after the tragic shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.

Alec Baldwin, 63, has broken his silence on the tragic incident that occurred on the set of his movie Rust on Oct. 21.

Breaking his silence. Alec Baldwin has spoken out following the death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Law enforcement do not know right now if the prop gun that Alec Baldwin fatally fired on a New Mexico film set yesterday contained a “live singe round,” despite claims from a LA IATSE Local.

In a horrendous accident, a cinematographer has died and a director has been injured after Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun while filming in New Mexico. Our sympathies go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins, and our thoughts are with Joel Souza, who is being treated at hospital.

Alec Baldwin “discharged” the prop gun that killed his film’s director of photography and injured its director on set in New Mexico. Alec Baldwin accidental shooting The actor was filming a forthcoming Western called Rust at Bonanza Creek Ranch when the tragedy occurred.