Alec Baldwin was practicing a 'cross draw' -- pointing his gun at the camera -- when a live round struck the director in the shoulder and the cinematographer fatally in the chest ... this according to new court documents.
was practicing a"cross draw" -- pointing his gun at the camera -- when a live round struck the director in the shoulder and the cinematographer fatally in the chest ... this according to new court documents.told Sheriff's investigators he heard someone -- we're told the assistant director -- say"cold gun" while they got ready for the scene ... meaning the gun did not have live rounds in the chambers.
Souza explained Baldwin pointed the gun directly at the camera and fired, striking him in the shoulder andin the chest. Souza says he had a vague memory that Hutchins was complaining about her stomach and grabbing her midsection. He says she then began to stumble backward and was assisted to the ground. He says he was bleeding from his shoulder and could see blood on Halyna.
Russel said after the shooting, Halyna said she could not feel her legs. Once on the ground, medics frantically began treating her as she was bleeding on the ground. She was airlifted to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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