April 26, 2022
New evidence and more details from the tragic shooting incident on the sets of Alec Baldwin’s Rust are coming to light.
On Monday, a New Mexico county sheriff released new video footage of Baldwin rehearsing with a revolver on the sets Rust before the gun went off in his hand, killing a cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, last October.
It was reported that the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office had released audio and video evidence as part of the investigation into Hutchins’ death after the imitation revolver Baldwin was holding discharged a live round.
"Today the sheriff's office is releasing all files associated with our ongoing investigation," said Sheriff Adan Mendoza in a statement.
"The files are all related to the Rust movie set investigation and include lapel/dash camera footage from deputies and detectives, incident reports, crime scene photos, examination reports, witness interviews, set video and staff photos collected throughout the course of this investigation," reads the statement.
The investigation records and materials were made public following several requests by media outlets, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The footage of Baldwin, which was taken before Hutchins’s death, shows him pointing the revolver at the camera twice during a rehearsal.
Baldwin, who was also a producer for the film, has claimed he did not pull the trigger and was told the gun was not loaded.
The evidence release comes a week after the producers of the film were condemned by authorities for failing to follow safety guidelines and charged the maximum fine of $136,793 amount.