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Troubling Video Released of Alec Baldwin Practicing With Finger Apparently on Trigger – Opinion

There are some new videos out today in the case of the shooting on the Rust movie set and some of it doesn’t look good for Alec Baldwin.

This follows a finding by New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau regarding Rust Movie Productions LLC, which fined the Rust production the maximum — $139,793 — for serious safety failures that occurred on the set. Baldwin’s lawyer claimed that the report exonerated him, but it did no such thing, as I explained in a breakdown of the report, also noting the criminal investigation is still ongoing.

The new video — released by the police investigating the case — shows them arriving on the set and dealing with the shooting. You can also see Alec Baldwin and Joel Souza in question at the police station.

Souza claims that Baldwin was handed the gun by the armorer, however all other witnesses insist it was Dave Halls who gave the gun to him. It’s not clear why Souza is saying that, but he was just shot, so he may not be clear on the matter.

There’s more video of the questioning at the site.

There’s also more of the questioning of Baldwin at the police station, as he describes the gun going off when he cocked it.

Baldwin talking over the phone in one of the most fascinating videos. As an attorney, what advice would you give to someone in such a situation? Don’t talk on the phone when the police leave the room if you don’t want them to hear what you have to say, because they record things, just like the police did here, with the conversation with his wife.

I’m intrigued about why they released that particular video since they didn’t have to at this point. It also appears that they have more of that conversation — the clip cut off so there was likely more to that conversation. Are they letting him know they are doing it?

More videos can be viewed here, which are embedded by the LA Times.

Here is an excerpt from an interview Hannah Guttierez Reed did with her. She is angry that it has ended her young career.

NY Post

However, investigators confirmed Tuesday that they are still investigating “concerning” evidence that the rookie armorer had sought live ammo, such as the bullet that ended up in Baldwin’s gun, while working on another production.

Seth Kenney, a prop supplier, had sent investigators texts messages from Gutierrez Reed requesting the request. He said that he replied in horror. The released interview footage revealed this.

“She wanted to shoot live ammo out of the guns, the TV/ movie guns. And I said no effing way, obviously,” he said. Gutierrez Reed filed suit against Kenny and blasted him for his live rounds.

One of Alec Baldwin’s most disturbing videos showed him doing the exact same thing he did when he shot Hutchins. The video was shot during a rehearsal the day before and can be clearly seen his trigger finger.

If he was doing the same thing when he shot Hutchins — if that’s where his finger was — that would explain a lot and that’s problematic, and not good for Baldwin. It’s not clear if this footage was of that particular moment immediately before the shooting. Baldwin claims he didn’t pull the trigger.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Menedoza stated that the investigation is ongoing.

“There was information from text messages that was concerning based on the fact that live ammo was spoken about and was possibly used on a prior movie set,” he confirmed to the “Today” show.

“That was just a few months before the ‘Rust’ movie set and production began, so that is concerning,” he said.

So far, nobody has been charged with the shooting — although Mendoza stressed it was “too early to rule anything out.”

“I don’t think anybody’s off the hook when it comes to criminal charges,” he stressed.

This post was last modified on April 26, 2022 10:03 pm

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