Alec Baldwin shooting news – Tributes to Halyna Hutchins after gun accident as Rust armorer deletes Twitter and Facebook
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THE armorer who handled the gun before the accidental fatal shooting has shut down her social media accounts, and sources say she did so based on legal advice.
Director of photography Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was critically injured by the prop gun that an assistant director said was safe to use. The armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, handled the "loaded gun" before the fatal incident.
The gun – reportedly a vintage Colt pistol – was being used by crew members off-set during a "target practice" with real bullets, multiple .
Meanwhile, it was reported the incident at Bonanza Creek ranch outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, occurred during a scene where Baldwin was filming a mock gunfight in the church on-set.
The Colt pistol was apparently one of many weapons on set and had been used in a previous scene without incident.
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CANDLELIGHT VIGIL HELD FOR HALYNA
A vigil was held on Saturday at the Albuquerque Civic Plaza and was hosted by the International Cinematographers Guild.
“Let’s gather together to honor Halyna and her accomplishments, and grieve together as one,” said the guild to its members.
“Join us Saturday or Sunday night for a candlelight vigil for Halyna, who will always remain in our hearts.”
Attendees at the Albuquerque vigil were seen holding candles, and some held signs demanding better safety measures on film sets.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BELIEVED GUN WAS SAFE
The vintage Colt pistol Baldwin fired in the fatal shooting on the Rust movie set was handed to the actor loaded with a live round, according to a warrant from the ongoing police investigation.
The warrant says that an assistant director handed the gun to the actor and told him that it was "cold" before he fired it, fatally striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza on Thursday.
The warrant, obtained by the Associated Press, also says that the assistant director was not aware that the gun was loaded.
ARMORER GOES DARK ON SOCIAL MEDIA
The armorer who handled the "loaded gun" before the fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin's set has shut down her social media accounts.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 24, has removed her Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts after images emerged of her toting guns.
Sources have said that she cancelled her social media accounts, including one under the name "no_son_of_a_gun" on legal advice following the tragic shooting.
CO-STAR SPEAKS PRIOR TO SHOOTING
Meanwhile, a video surfaced of Jensen Ackles speaking at a fan event in Denver to promote his CW show Supernatural.
According to, the video clip was made sometime between October 15-17, 2021.
In the video, Ackles says, “I’ve got a 6 a.m. call tomorrow to have a big shootout. They had me pick my gun, they were like, ‘Alright, what gun would you like?’ and I was like, ‘I don’t know.’ and the armorer was like, ‘Do you have gun experience?’ I was like, ‘A little.’ And she’s like, ‘Okay, well, this is how you load it, this is how we check it and make sure it’s safe.’”
No word if Ackles was part of the shooting scene which killed Halyna Hutchins or if the armorer Ackles referred to was the same one who worked with Baldwin.
Many of the video links have been taken down and Ackles hasn’t commented on the accident.
ALEC WAS 'INCONSOLABLE FOR HOURS' AFTER FATAL SHOOTING
The actor, 63, is looking "to take some time to himself and re-center himself" after Halyna Hutchins was killed, and Joel Souza was critically injured by the prop gun.
"This was pretty devastating," a source told PEOPLE.
"This is how he handles difficult times. Whenever something bad happens, in the short term, he removes himself from [the] public eye."
They added that Baldwin was "hysterical and absolutely inconsolable for hours" following the shooting.
"Everyone knows this was an accident, but he's absolutely devastated," they continued.
WHAT DID ALEC SAY AFTER THE FATAL SHOOTING?
In a statement, Alec Baldwin said: “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.
“I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family.
“My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.”
WHAT DOES WARRANT FROM POLICE PROBE SAY?
The gun Baldwin fired in the fatal shooting on the Rust movie set was handed to the actor loaded with a live round, according to a warrant from the ongoing police investigation.
The warrant says that an assistant director handed the gun to the actor and told him that it was "cold" before he fired it, fatally striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza on Thursday.
The warrant, obtained by the Associated Press, also says that the assistant director was not aware that the gun was loaded.
The gun that was fired was one of three laid on a cart by the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
PRIOR GUN-RELATED INCIDENT ON RUST FILM SET
According to a new report from , there had been a gun-related incident on the film set before Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed by the actor.
Alec Baldwin's stunt double reportedly accidentally fired two rounds of ammunition prior to the incident.
That double misfire was one of many safety concerns raised by crew members on the film's New Mexico set.
Hours before the shooting, a number of people employed to work on the film walked off over safety fears.
HALYNA'S DAD REFUSES TO BLAME ALEC
The distraught father of shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has insisted Alec Baldwin was not responsible for his daughter's shocking death.
Speaking for the first time since the tragedy, Anatoly Androsovych said the blame lay instead with the movie armory team who handed the actor a loaded revolver.
Ukrainian Anatoly told The Sun on Sunday last night: “We still can’t believe Halyna is dead and her mother is going out of her mind with grief.
"But I don’t hold Alec Baldwin responsible — it is the responsibility of the props people who handle the guns.”
PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP FORESHADOWED TRAGEDY
Hours before Thursday’s fatal accident, where Hutchins was killed and the film’s director Joel Souza was injured, seven of the film’s camera crew stormed off the set.
One member of the crew wrote about the issues on a private Facebook group, according to Deadline.
“We cited everything from lack of payment for three weeks, taking our hotels away despite asking for them in our deals, lack of Covid safety, and on top of that, poor gun safety!” the post said.
“Poor on-set safety period!”
The staff member alleged that “they brought in four non-union guys to replace us and tried calling the cops on us.”
911 CALL REVEALS MOMENTS AFTER THE INCIDENT
A 911 recording , a woman who identifies herself as the movie’s script supervisor is heard blaming the accident on someone whose name is apparently bleeped out.
She said: “This motherf***ker. He’s supposed to check the guns. He’s responsible for what happened.”
HALYNA’S FAMILY MAKES A STATEMENT
Matt Hutchins posted a picture of Halyna and her eight-year-old son Andros with an emotional tribute saying “our loss is enormous”.
“Halyna inspired us all with her passion and vision, and her legacy is too meaningful to encapsulate in words,” he wrote.
Her distraught family were yesterday demanding answers about her death as they frantically tried to beat red tape to fly to the US.
Friends said dad Antoly and mum Olga were “beside themselves with grief” after being told of the tragedy by her husband, Matthew.
STAFF ‘WOULDN’T GO BACK’ TO THE ‘CURSED’ RUST SET
An on-set source also told The Sun they felt movie makers were “cutting corners to save a buck” after it was revealed several camera crew workers walked off to protest working conditions hours before the tragedy.
They said: “I wouldn’t go back to the set if I was asked, it’s cursed.”
Camera operators and their assistants were frustrated by issues like long hours and pay, according to a number of outlets.
Someone from the production staff ordered union members to leave the set and said if they didn’t leave, the producers would call security and they would be removed.
HALYNA’S FRIEND POSTS TRIBUTE: ‘YOU DESERVE TO BE HERE’
A close friend of Halyna’s, writer and director Li Lu, posted a tribute on Instagram.
Lu claims the cinematographer previously hit out at producers on recent projects for acting “selfishly and dangerously.”
In a moving post, she wrote: “Halyna, you were one of the hardest working people that I have ever met.
“You loved cinema – completely and utterly. You were a friend and colleague. You were a great mom.
“The last time we spoke, you lamented how producers on recent projects acted selfishly and dangerously. How people who finance films thought their money could be traded for the decency, safety, and honor of all else on set.
“How often we tell ourselves to ‘buck up.’ Because we are tough. Because as women, we gotta show we can take it. Because we must sacrifice, to achieve our dreams.
“It’s not f***ing worth it. You deserve to be here. With your family.”
ANOTHER CO-STAR SPEAKS OUT
Meanwhile, a video surfaced of Jensen Ackles speaking at a fan event in Denver to promote his CW show Supernatural.
According to, the video clip was made sometime between October 15-17, 2021.
In the video, Ackles says, “I’ve got a 6 a.m. call tomorrow to have a big shootout. They had me pick my gun, they were like, ‘Alright, what gun would you like?’ and I was like, ‘I don’t know.’ and the armorer was like, ‘Do you have gun experience?’ I was like, ‘A little.’ And she’s like, ‘Okay, well, this is how you load it, this is how we check it and make sure it’s safe.'”
No word if Ackles was part of the shooting scene which killed Halyna Hutchins or if the armorer Ackles referred to was the same one who worked with Baldwin.
Many of the video links have been taken down and Ackles hasn't commented on the accident.
CO-STAR SYMPATHIZES WITH ALEC BALDWIN
Ashton, who's had a small role in Breaking Bad, said when he got to the New Mexico set it was closed off due to the accident.
“It’s basically, it’s a terrible shame, I wish precautions would’ve been taken so that it didn’t happen," he told the . "But I don’t know what exactly did happen, the sheriff will tell, you know, so I can’t say, so I haven’t really thought about it all that much because I don’t have much to go on.”
The actor believed that many of his fellow co-stars and crew will need to speak with counselors after the tragedy.
He also sympathized with Baldwin, who was seen talking on his cell phone and crying outside of the Santa Fe Sherriff's Office after the accident.
“He must be in terrible shape for having that happen to him, I feel bad for him and I’m sure he’s in misery over it … I would expect he would be,” he said. “He’s going to take a while to get settled, anybody would.”
WHEN DID THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN?
The accident happened at around 1.50pm local time on Thursday.
In a statement first given to The Sun, Santa Fe County Sheriff Juan Rios revealed: “The sheriff’s office confirms that two individuals were shot on the set of Rust.
"Halyna Hutchins, 42, director of photography and Joel Souza, 48, director, were shot when a prop firearm was discharged by Alec Baldwin, 63, producer, and actor."
QUIZZED BY COPS
Alec Baldwin was quizzed by cops following the accident and was snapped sobbing outside a local police station in Santa Fe, , according to local media reports.
One picture shows him distressed while chatting on the phone while another snapped him close to the curb with his hands on his knees.
HOW MANY ROUNDS WERE FIRED?
It's not clear at this time how many rounds were fired by Alec Baldwin.
WHAT DOES WARRANT FROM POLICE PROBE SAY?
The gun Baldwin fired in the fatal shooting on the Rust movie set was handed to the actor loaded with a live round, according to a warrant from the ongoing police investigation.
The warrant says that an assistant director handed the gun to the actor and told him that it was "cold" before he fired it, fatally striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza on Thursday.
The warrant, obtained by the Associated Press, also says that the assistant director was not aware that the gun was loaded.
The gun that was fired was one of three laid on a cart by the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
ALEC WAS 'INCONSOLABLE FOR HOURS' AFTER FATAL SHOOTING
The actor, 63, is looking "to take some time to himself and re-center himself" after Halyna Hutchins was killed, and Joel Souza was critically injured by the prop gun.
"This was pretty devastating," a source told PEOPLE.
"This is how he handles difficult times. Whenever something bad happens, in the short term, he removes himself from [the] public eye."
They added that Baldwin was "hysterical and absolutely inconsolable for hours" following the shooting.
"Everyone knows this was an accident, but he's absolutely devastated," they continued.
'NO WORDS'
In a statement, Alec Baldwin said: "There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.
"I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family.
"My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna."
ARMORER DESCRIBED AS 'INEXPERIENCED'
The armorer was described as being “inexperienced and green” by a Rust production source.
They explained that there were at least two previous incidents of guns being unsafely discharged by other crew members before the tragic incident on Thursday.
They insisted that she should have checked the weapons were safe before handing it to Baldwin.
WHAT DID ARMORER ON RUST SET DO ON LAST MOVIE?
The armorer on Alec Baldwin's Rust set halted filming on the last movie after an "inexperienced 24-year-old gave a gun to a child on set."
Two production sources revealed that filming on set of her last movie was briefly stopped after she allegedly gave a gun to an 11-year-old without checking it properly.
“She was a bit careless with the guns, waving it around every now and again,” one source told
The source, who worked alongside Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on the upcoming Nicolas Cage film, The Old Way, continued: "There were a couple times she was loading the blanks and doing it in a fashion that we thought was unsafe.”
'BITTER INTERACTIONS WITH PREDATORS'
Halyna Hutchin's pal and actor-producer Stephen Wozniak told The Sun: “She (Halyna) experienced her fair share of sexist shut-outs and she wasn’t hired on some projects simply because she was a woman.”
“She also had a few bitter interactions with predators. One, in particular, was on the set of a feature film and it was bad enough that she was thinking of keeping her name out of the credits.
“She wouldn’t tell me the name of the man but she said he harassed her on the set at the end of the shoot.
“It really rattled her. But Halyna was an incredibly tough person.”