‘She was my friend’: Alec Baldwin mourns cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

Alec Baldwin has spoken publicly for the primary time on digicam concerning the cinematographer he fatally shot on the film set of Rust, calling her a good friend and saying he’s in “constant contact” together with her grieving household.
“She was my friend,” Baldwin instructed photographers Saturday on a roadside in Vermont. “We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened.” The video was distributed by TMZ.

Investigators consider Baldwin’s gun fired a single reside spherical that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.
Baldwin was joined by his spouse, Hilaria, when he spoke to photographers and she or he filmed the trade together with her smartphone, typically making an attempt to get her husband to cease speaking. Baldwin mentioned he was talking out in order that the photographers would cease following his household.
The Rush film incident has began a dialog concerning the security practices and protocols on movie’s units. (Photo: Halyna Hutchins/Instagram and AP)
Baldwin known as the taking pictures incident a “one-in-a-trillion event” and mentioned he had met with Hutchins’ husband. “He is in shock, he has a 9-year-old son. We are in constant contact with him because we are very worried about his family and his kid. As I said, we are eagerly awaiting for the sheriff’s department to tell us what their investigation has yielded.”
Investigators in New Mexico the place the taking pictures occurred have mentioned that there was “some complacency” in how weapons have been dealt with on the film set however it’s too quickly to find out whether or not fees will probably be filed.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza has mentioned 500 rounds of ammunition — a mixture of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected reside rounds — have been discovered whereas looking the set of the Western Rust.

Detectives have recovered a lead projectile they consider the actor fired. Testing is being completed to verify whether or not the projectile taken from Souza’s shoulder was fired from the identical lengthy Colt revolver utilized by Baldwin. The FBI will assist with ballistics evaluation.
Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins, instructed investigators there ought to by no means be reside rounds current close to the scene.
District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies mentioned investigators can’t say but whether or not it was negligence or by whom. She known as it a fancy case that can require extra analysis and evaluation.