Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died after the gun Baldwin was holding went off with live rounds.
—has publicly shared his grief over Hutchins's death and insisted he was told by the staff in charge of the weapons on set that the gun he was holding did not contain live ammunition.last year, "Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but I know it's not me."
But Andrea Reeb, the special prosecutor appointed by the district attorney following the on-set disaster, said in a statement, "If any one of these three people—Alec Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed or David Halls—had done their job, Halyna Hutchins would be alive today. It's that simple." Reeb continued, "The evidence clearly shows a pattern of criminal disregard for safety on the 'Rust' film set.
Complaints about the alleged lack of safety on set were made by crew members prior to Hutchins's passing, and the night before the shooting, most of the camera crew even quit over various concerns.reported that in an email announcing his leave, Lane Luper, the then head of the camera department, wrote that the filming of gunfight scenes was played "very fast and loose," and claimed there had already been two accidental weapons discharges.
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