Alec Baldwin was the fourth person to handle a gun that he discharged on the set of his upcoming film "Rust," authorities have revealed.
The 63-year-old actor was rehearsing a scene when he discharged a gun he was told contained no ammunition. A projectile from the weapon struck and ultimately killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Director Joel Souza was also hit by the projectile, but he's since been released from the hospital. A search warrant from the Magistrate Court County of Santa Fe released on Wednesday said that the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez, examined the on-set guns on the day of the incident to ensure that they were not "hot," an industry term meaning loaded with ammunition or blanks.
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