Alec Baldwin Was Rehearsing Pointing Gun at Camera, Affidavit Says
The New York Times
The director of “Rust” gave the authorities the most detailed account yet of how the actor fatally shot the film’s cinematographer.
ALBUQUERQUE — Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene that involved pointing a revolver “towards the camera lens” when the gun — which the crew had been told did not contain live rounds — suddenly went off and killed the cinematographer, according to the film’s director, who was quoted in an affidavit released Sunday night.
The film’s director, Joel Souza, described hearing what “sounded like a whip and then loud pop.”
The account by Mr. Souza explained why Mr. Baldwin had been pointing the gun at the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. But it did not answer the question of how a gun that was not supposed to contain live ammunition wound up killing her.
