Search warrant issued for Alec Baldwin’s phone weeks after fatal shooting on Rust set
Search warrant is issued for Alec Baldwin’s iPhone weeks after fatal shooting of cinematographer on Rust movie set: Police intend to review all text messages on the phone
Baldwin shot and killed Halyna Hutchins, a 42-year-old cinematographer, on the set of Rust on October 21 Baldwin, 63, was holding a gun that he says went off without him pulling the trigger and wounded her He told ABC on December 2 that he doesn’t feel responsible, and that someone else is to blame but he wouldn’t say who Baldwin also said he’d have killed himself if he did feel guilty and that he doesn’t think he’ll face criminal charges Baldwin said that he didn’t even realize he had shot Hutchins until an hour after the incident He said he didn’t know she’d died until sheriffs told him at the end of his interview in Sante Fe Baldwin insists he thought the gun was empty, as did others on the set, when it was handed to him
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Police in New Mexico have issued a search warrant for Alec Baldwin‘s phone, after the fatal October 21 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his film, Rust.
The search warrant, requested by Santa Fe sheriffs, authorizes police to review all text messages and photos on the actor’s iPhone, as well as any stored location data, as part of their investigation.
The investigator, referred to in the warrant as the ‘affiant’, said that they requested Baldwin hand over his phone, but he and his lawyers said that they require a warrant.
‘Affiant requested Alec’s phone from him, as well as his attorney, and was instructed to acquire a warrant,’ the warrant states.
‘Alec Baldwin has contacted Affiant numerous times through phone calls and text messages using the number listed, therefore Affiant believes this to be the phone/phone number Alec uses on a regular basis.’
The live round that Alec Baldwin fired and accidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust may have been a homemade bullet, according to court documents
Halyna Hutchins was described by Baldwin as ‘fantastic’, as he paid tribute to her vision and professionalism
The set of Rust, at the Bonanza Creek Ranch outside of Santa Fe
According to the search warrant, Baldwin told police that he exchanged emails with the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, regarding what style of gun to use in the film.
They ultimately decided on a Colt .45 pistol.
Baldwin, 63, had been handed the antique pistol for the scene, and was told that it was ‘cold’ – not loaded.
He was rehearsing a scene in which he pulls out his gun and, in an interview with ABC on December 2, said that he never pulled the trigger, but the gun went off anyway.
Hutchins, a 42-year-old cinematographer, was shot and killed. The director of the film, Joel Souza, was shot in the shoulder and survived.
It is unclear why it has taken so long for New Mexico police to seize Baldwin’s phone.
The actor has insisted that he has fully cooperated with the investigation.
