The latest on the "Rust" shooting investigation

The Santa Fe County territory lawyer is not ruling retired transgression charges successful the fatal shooting connected the "Rust" set, a territory lawyer spokesperson confirms to CNN, noting the incidental remains nether progressive investigation. 

News of the ongoing imaginable for transgression charges was archetypal reported connected Tuesday by the New York Times pursuing a telephone interrogation with District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies. 

In the interview, Carmack-Altwies said the word “prop gun” is misleading and that the weapon that killed Halyna Hutchins was a “legit gun,” describing it arsenic an “antique-era due gun.”

According to the report, Carmack-Altwies said the probe is focusing connected ballistics to find what benignant of rounds were used, and who placed them successful the weapon fired by Alec Baldwin.

The territory lawyer besides said that quality reports that unit members were utilizing guns with unrecorded ammunition for people signifier hours earlier the fatal shooting occurred were “unconfirmed.”

The territory lawyer is expected to enactment successful a quality league with the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office scheduled for Wednesday morning.

"Rust" histrion Ian A. Hudson, successful his archetypal main relation connected a large film, playing an outlaw who is changeable by sheriffs, described “shields” successful spot to support the unit and cameras during the shootout scene, but admitted feeling exposed arsenic a performer.

Hudson said successful an interrogation with TMZ, helium “held [his] tongue” but noted that seasoned actors were treble and triple checking weapons fixed to them by the armorer to guarantee they were “cold oregon hot,” shorthand connected acceptable for bare oregon loaded with a unrecorded circular that could beryllium a slug oregon a blank.

In the TMZ interview, Hudson explains the existential interaction filming the scenes had connected him, describing them arsenic “intense,” and “scary, and real.”

“Having been changeable astatine aggregate times and faking my decease for the camera was enlightening to maine successful each the incorrect ways. It was beingness threatening, it felt excessively surreal,” helium said.

“I deliberation the armorer, having been pressed for clip arsenic overmuch arsenic she was, was doing a fantastic job,” Hudson told TMZ. “In information I adjacent overheard Joel Souza, the director, praise her for being arsenic harmless arsenic she was and arsenic consistent, and speedy, too, keeping up with the rushed schedule.”

Blaming the manufacture arsenic a whole, Hudson said immoderate things are inactive being done “the aforesaid mode they did it then, 30 years ago,” erstwhile histrion Brandon Lee was killed during the filming of “The Crow.”

“This calamity could person been avoided,” Hudson wrote successful his Instagram post. “I consciousness arsenic if I virtually dodged a bullet. I'm shaken, selfishly, acrophobic and humbled, grateful to beryllium alive.”

CNN has reached retired to Hudson, but his manager said helium is declining further interviews astatine this time.

The movie’s producers said successful a connection released to the media Friday it was not alert of prop information issues anterior to the fatal shooting. 

On Monday, a root adjacent to the accumulation told CNN "When it comes to information determination were 3 afloat information meetings held since they started accumulation — and they had a afloat information gathering the time of the accident," adding "This conception that nary 1 was addressing information from Covid protocols to weapons connected acceptable and procedures is not true. These are not 5 infinitesimal (meetings)."

Dave Halls (IMDB)

The adjunct manager connected the movie “Rust,” who handed a prop weapon to Alec Baldwin earlier the fatal shooting past week, was antecedently fired from a movie accumulation aft a weapon incidental injured a unit member, the movie’s accumulation institution told CNN.

Dave Halls was serving arsenic adjunct manager connected the movie “Freedom’s Path” successful 2019, erstwhile a weapon “unexpectedly discharged” connected set, causing a dependable unit subordinate to recoil from the blast, halting production, the accumulation institution Rocket Soul Studios said Monday.

The dependable unit subordinate was evaluated by an on-set medic and advised to question aesculapian treatment. The unit subordinate returned to the accumulation a fewer days later, Rocket Soul said.

Following the incident, Halls was removed from the acceptable and fired from the production, the institution said.

“Upon wrapping accumulation for the day, Dave Halls was officially terminated and fixed the circumstantial reasons for his termination,” The institution continued. “Dave was precise remorseful for the events, and understood the reasons helium was being terminated. A caller adjunct manager arsenic good arsenic a caller armorer were hired for the duration of main photography. Production of the movie finished successfully.”

When reached by CNN, the dependable unit subordinate did not privation to remark connected the matter. Halls could not beryllium reached for comment.

Bonanza Creek Ranch successful Santa Fe, New Mexico, Saturday, October 23. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

In a missive to the formed and unit of "Rust" sent Sunday, the accumulation squad down the task announced it would intermission enactment connected the New Mexico acceptable of the movie "at slightest until the investigations are complete."

"Our hearts are with each of you, arsenic we each spell done this tragic clip and mourn the nonaccomplishment of our workfellow and beloved friend, Halyna Hutchins," the missive from The Rust Production Team — obtained by CNN — began. "We are household and we indispensable basal beside each different arsenic families bash successful hard times. We stay successful adjacent interaction with Halyna’s household and commend the spot they amusement successful the look of unspeakable tragedy. It is beyond an inspiration." 

The accumulation squad said they are cooperating with the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office probe and conducting an interior reappraisal of information protocols. 

Grief enactment resources for the formed and unit were besides shared successful the letter, and the accumulation squad announced they volition beryllium making a donation to the Halyna Hutchins Scholarship Fund established by her family.

The inventory database filed by detectives from the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department shows 9 spent casings, 3 revolvers and ammunition – some successful boxes and escaped astir the acceptable –were seized connected Oct. 22 from the “Rust” set. 

According to tribunal documents obtained by CNN, a fanny battalion with ammunition was among the items seized on with 2 ammo boxes with ammo and escaped ammo from a tray.

Detectives besides took 14 swabs of suspected blood, tribunal documents show. 

Additional items seized see respective antithetic pieces of clothing, 2 brownish leather belts with holsters, a brownish leather weapon loop and photographs.

The items were taken from what was described successful the warrant arsenic a “wooden fixed structure” with a pitched extortion with a transverse connected it. 

There were nary complaints of unsafe conditions connected the “Rust” acceptable sent to the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB) successful New Mexico, according to an email sent to CNN from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). 

Rebecca Roose, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Administration for NMED, besides said successful the email that the bureau does not bash regular inspections of movie sets but does inspections erstwhile a extremity oregon ailment is received astatine the office. 

A spokesperson for Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham tells CNN successful an email that unit from OHSB is connected tract contiguous investigating. 

NMED said successful a quality release on Friday that they were informed by the New Mexico Film Office of the shooting connected the acceptable that resulted successful the decease of cinematographer Halyne Hutchins and wounded to manager Joel Souza. The accumulation institution reported the fatality and wounded connected Thursday night, “in accordance with workplace information laws,” the merchandise says.

OHSB’s probe is ongoing and accusation volition beryllium released erstwhile that probe is complete, the merchandise states. 

Gov. Lujan Grisham said successful a connection that her “full anticipation is that the movie and tv manufacture will, astatine the decision of the probe into this tragic incidental and erstwhile each the facts are successful hand, bring guardant broad caller information protocols to guarantee this benignant of incidental never, ever happens again.”

She said that if that doesn’t happen, the authorities volition “take contiguous action” to guarantee the information of everyone connected each movie and tv sets passim New Mexico.

“This manufacture is important to america economically and to truthful galore workers passim New Mexico, and I look guardant to a afloat accounting of however this could person perchance happened, and we volition find our adjacent steps from there,” she said.

Read the afloat connection from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham below: 

Halyna Hutchins and Alec Baldwin. (Getty Images)

The movie manufacture has been near shocked and successful mourning aft cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed connected acceptable erstwhile histrion and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm.

Hutchins, who was 42, was manager of photography for Baldwin's latest movie, "Rust," a Western which was being filmed successful New Mexico and stars Baldwin, Travis Fimmel and Jensen Ackles.

According to instrumentality enforcement statements provided to CNN, Hutchins was changeable astir 1:50 p.m. Thursday section clip and was airlifted to infirmary but died of her injuries.

In a tweet Friday, Baldwin said helium was heartbroken and was afloat cooperating with constabulary implicit the tragic accident.

Her husband, Michael Hutchins, told the Insider helium appreciated the sympathy helium has received.

"I don't deliberation determination are words to pass the situation," helium told the online quality website. "I deliberation that we volition request a small spot of clip earlier we tin truly encapsulate her beingness successful a mode that is casual to communicate."

Hutchins said helium would not remark connected the facts of his wife's death.

Read much astir who she was here.