FBI coroner results, coroner’s report concluded in fatal ‘rust’ shooting

An FBI forensic analysis and New Mexico coroner’s report on the October 21 shooting of cinematographer Halina Hutchins on the set of Alec Baldwin’s feature film. Oxide Completed and turned in to the Sheriff’s Office.

As part of the investigation, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said detectives will review the reports and then submit a report to the district attorney to determine whether charges will be filed in Bonanza, New Mexico, for the shooting that also injured director Joel Souza. .

The details of the documents were not disclosed, but ABC news reports that the state coroner’s office concluded that Hutchins’ death was caused by a gunshot wound to the chest and that “a review of available police reports did not provide conclusive proof that the firearm was intentionally loaded into the compound”.

“Based on all available information, including the absence of apparent harm or intent to cause death, the form of death is best classified as an accident,” the coroner’s autopsy report said.

Among the documents, ABC news The FBI’s findings were that a random discharge test determined that the gun Baldwin was holding when he left the set and hit Hutchins e Souza “could not be fired without pulling the trigger, as long as the internal working parts were intact and functional.” . .”

In an interview given in December 2021 ABC newsGeorge Stephanopoulos, Baldwin said he did not pull the trigger on the weapon, which the FBI forensic report identified as a single-shot F.lli Pietta .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt) revolver.

“He was standing next to the camera and looking at the monitor… showing me how to hold the gun at that angle,” Baldwin said of his conversation with Hutchins before the shooting.

The actor went on to say that the late cinematographer told him to start working on a particular scene. “I pulled the firing pin as far as I could without the gun going off,” Baldwin said. “I drop the hammer and knock, the gun comes out.”

According to the expert report obtained, the firing pin was hit by the loaded breech, which meant that the weapon could detonate the fuse “without pulling the trigger when being hit directly with the firing pin”, which, according to the report, is normal for the type of revolver used.

Updates to the investigation followed a statement from the sheriff’s office on Thursday saying they are working with other law enforcement agencies to obtain, process and release Baldwin’s phone records.

“Once Suffolk County Police complete the agency’s assistance and forward these records to New Mexico Police, our detectives will need to thoroughly review these phone records for evidence,” the Suffolk County Sheriff said. Santa Fe, Adan Mendoza, in a statement.

After a thorough review of the reports and phone records, files related to the Sheriff’s Office investigation will be forwarded to the District Attorney.