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‘Rust’ Director Remembers ‘Distraught’ Armorer Apologizing After Accidental Shooting

'Rust' director Joel Souza remembered hearing armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed apologizing after the accidental but fatal shooting on set.

Rust director Joel Souza recalled the disorienting moments that followed being accidentally shot on set, and the apology he heard armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed utter, during the latter’s manslaughter trial, Variety reports. Souza — who has not previously shared his recollections of the incident publicly — was shot in the shoulder, while cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally hit in the chest, when Alec Baldwiin accidentally discharged a prop gun while they rehearsed a scene for the movie. (Halls entered a no-contest plea to a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon last year; he was sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation.)

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