<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - New Mexico fines 'Rust' film for prop gun death"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Extensive video footage was released Monday in the <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/movies/2022/01/12/alec-baldwin-rust-armorer-sues-ammunition-supplier-halyna-hutchins-death/9193268002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">ongoing investigation of the fatal "Rust" shooting</a>, shedding light on internal issues that led to actor <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/movies/2022/02/15/alec-baldwin-rust-movie-shooting-halyna-hutchins-wrongful-death-lawsuit/6793670001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Alec Baldwin</a> firing a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Data files released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's office included a video of investigators debriefing Baldwin within hours of the fatal shooting, talking with him inside a compact office. The investigation files also include rehearsal clips that show Baldwin in costume as he practices a quick-draw maneuver with a gun.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">At a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021, Baldwin was pointing a gun at Hutchins when it went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. They had been inside a small church during setup for filming a scene.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In a video taken by police later that day, Baldwin makes a few frantic calls as he awaits a meeting with law enforcement officials. “You have no idea how unbelievable this is and how strange this is,” he says over the phone.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"I don't want to be a public person," Baldwin says over the phone in that same video footage. "I'm the one holding a gun in my hand that everyone was supposed to have taken care of." </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">He also asked investigators: "Am I being charged with something?" </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Related:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/movies/2022/04/20/rust-movie-maximum-fine-gun-safety-failures-alec-baldwin-shooting/7385746001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:8|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">'Rust' movie receives maximum fine for gun safety failures in Alec Baldwin shooting</a></p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:441px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/11/12/USAT/c8dbe52d-c358-4059-9b50-78b313dc068d-Rust_Set.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/11/12/USAT/c8dbe52d-c358-4059-9b50-78b313dc068d-Rust_Set.jpg?width=1320&height=882&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="An aerial photo of the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a frequent destination for crews shooting Westerns. Investigators are still piecing together how Halyna Hutchins was killed with a live round on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie "Rust.""/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/03/08/alec-baldwin-addresses-rust-lawsuits-halyna-hutchins-shooting/9432847002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"><strong>Alec Baldwin addresses 'Rust' shooting lawsuits:</strong> 'Why sue people if you're not going to get money?'</a></p><p...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/04/25/rust-shooting-investigation-alec-baldwin-texts-video-released/7447464001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
