Santa Fe DA Says Unknown “At This Time” If Charges Coming From Fatal Shooting On Alec Baldwin Film Set

SANTA FE, N.M. – It’s been nearly three weeks since "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died in an on-set shooting involving actor Alec Baldwin that also left director Joel Souza hospitalized.

The Rust First Assistant Director who admitted he didn’t properly check the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21 is now calling on the film industry to make sure “no one is harmed through the creative process again.”

During a press conference on Wednesday, Santa Fe sheriff Adan Mendoza said that he's "not exactly sure of [Baldwin's] present whereabouts," as he hasn't been asked to stay put in New Mexico, though police say, he has been cooperative in their ongoing investigation into the accidental "Rust" shooting.

Authorities in New Mexico revealed new details after Alec Baldwin discharged a firearm on the set of his film Rust, leading to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

On Thursday of last week, 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin after he fired a prop gun on the New Mexico set of the film Rust. Director Joel Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins, was also wounded but has since recovered.

Authorities recovered guns, ammunition and more from the set of "Rust" while investigating a deadly shooting that occurred during a rehearsal for the film, according to a warrant obtained by Fox News. Last Thursday, actor Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for the western-genre film on the New Mexico set when he discharged a firearm, resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

On the heels of the tragic shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin last week on the New Mexico set of Rust, details have been trickling out, most notably via an affidavit filed last week by Detective Joel Cano.

The shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie "Rust" is a haunting reminder of what can go wrong on set. Santa Fe County Sheriff’s officials said the 42-year-old and director Joel Souza were shot Thursday on the rustic film set in the desert on the southern outskirts of Santa Fe.

We often think of an accidental death as something happening by chance that was unintentional.   This would be a convenient way of explaining the tragic shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico film set of the movie "Rust." However, criminal law is rarely convenient. Nor is it simple.   Murder and manslaughter are complex concepts in the law of homicide. Even an accidental death can rise to the level of criminal homicide if it involves reckless acts or grossly

SANTA FE, N.M. – A "Rust" actor said Friday he wished "precautions" had been taken on set that could’ve prevented Alec Baldwin’s tragic misfiring of a prop gun that left the film’s cinematographer dead.

Alec Baldwin was unwittingly handed a gun with live ammunition before the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the film set of Rust, court records allege.

An assistant director on the New Mexico movie set of the movie "Rust" claimed that a gun being handed to actor Alec Baldwin on Thursday was unloaded, a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court said, according to reports. "Cold gun," assistant director Dave Halls announced at the time, using lingo for an unloaded firearm, before a rehearsal for the movie, The Associated Press reported.

handed a prop gun loaded with live rounds but was told it was safe minutes before he fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the movie’s director, Joel Souza.Ashton believed a lot of his fellow cast and crew will probably be speaking with counselors after the on-set tragedy.The 74-year old actor, who previously had a small part in “Breaking Bad,” was slated to play a frontier “postmaster at a desolate outpost” in the western and was driving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, from his

The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office is searching to find out whether footage exists of the fatal shooting Thursday on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust.

fired a prop gun that killed cinematographer Haylna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the set of his new Western movie, Rust. Hutchins, 42, and Souza, 48, were shot when a prop firearm was discharged by Baldwin while on the set of his new film — which is about an accidental killing — in Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

left) was shot around 1:50 p.m. by a prop gun that was discharged by actor-producer Alec Baldwin.