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The trial and conviction of a movie armorer in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie "Rust" has given Alec Baldwin and his
Actor Alec Baldwin waved his gun around and used it "as a pointing stick" on the film set where a cinematographer was shot dead, a court heard Thursday.
David Halls, the first assistant director for "Rust," gave emotional testimony Thursday about the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez. Actor Alec Baldwin was practicing a cross-draw in a church on the set of the Western movie in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2021 when the gun fired a live round, striking Hutchins and director Joel Souza, who suffered a non-life-threatening injury. Halls, the film's safety coordinator, had conducted the safety check on the Colt .45 revolver before it was handed to Baldwin.
Dave Halls, who pled guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon in the Rust shooting, testified that he heard Halyna Hutchins say "I can't feel my legs"
"Right away! Let’s reload!” Baldwin shouted between takes. “We should have two guns, and both we’re reloading"