SANTA FE, N.M. (1010 WINS) -- Interviews and texts from crew on the set of “Rust” revealed some of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last words after she was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin.
As Baldwin prepared for a shootout scene, the actor reportedly said, “So, I guess I’m gonna take this out, pull it and go, ‘Bang!’” according to an LA Times report.
But a live bullet flew out of the weapon that Baldwin was holding, hitting Hutchins, and causing her to stumble backwards into the arms of an electrician.
As she laid on the ground, a boom operator said, “Oh that was no good,” to which Hutchins replied, “No that was no good. That was no good at all,” according to the report, which involved interviews and correspondence with 14 crew members, as well as county records and permits.
Director Joel Souza, who was injured by the same round, reportedly yelled out “What the f— was that? That burns!” after being hit. Baldwin then repeatedly said, “What the f— just happened?”
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Hutchins was pronounced dead not long after the incident.
Baldwin is an “active part of the investigation” into the deadly shooting on authorities in Santa Fe announced last week, as they said they’d recovered the “suspected live round” that killed Hutchins and injured Souza.
Court records said that an assistant director, Dave Halls, grabbed the gun from a cart and handed it to Baldwin, indicating the weapon was safe by yelling “cold gun.” But it was loaded with live rounds, according to a written affidavit from a detective.
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Baldwin made his first on-camera comments about the shooting over the weekend in Vermont. He said he wasn’t able to make comments because of the investigation, but said, “We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened.”
He called Hutchins' death a "one in a trillion event" and said he's "extremely interested" in limiting the use of firearms on film sets.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.