'Rust' shooting victim Halyna Hutchins was just 2 feet away from the gun when Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger

• Halyna Hutchins was two feet from the gun discharged by Alec Baldwin on "Rust" set, the LA Times reported.
• The AD hadn't fired the gun in prior rehearsals, making this the first time the gun was discharged.

"Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza were just two feet away from the muzzle of the gun Alec Baldwin discharged on the movie set last month, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The scene Baldwin was rehearsing at the time of the accident called for the actor to "fast-draw" his gun to shoot at a "rival," the LA Times reported in a timeline of events that cited crew members, Santa Fe County records, permits, and emails, as well as internal communications from the "Rust" production team.

In previous rehearsals, assistant director Dave Halls had not pulled the trigger of the gun, but in his own run-through on October 21, Baldwin did pull the trigger, according to the LA Times.

A lead bullet was then discharged from the gun, hitting Hutchins in the chest, then lodging itself into Souza's shoulder.

Hutchins was later pronounced dead.

Baldwin had expected a dummy round to dislodge from the prop gun, but instead, one live round was placed in the barrel of the Colt .45, according to the LA Times.

Halls told investigators after the shooting that he checks for live rounds in prop guns "most of the time."

In this instance, he did not double-check the barrel of the gun before declaring it "cold" - meaning there was no live bullet in the barrel - and handing it to Baldwin on set.

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