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'Rust' prop master said she found live rounds on set moments after shooting
John Cardinale
National Investigative Correspondent
'Rust' prop master said she found live rounds on set moments after shooting
>> YOU’RE WATCHING KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. KALYN: TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED MOMEN AFTER THE "RUST" SHOOTING, FROM THE MOVIE’S PROP MASTER. JOHN CARDINALE JOINS US NOW, AND JOHN, WHAT DID THE PROP MASTER TELL INVESTIGARSTO IN HER INTERVIEW? JOHN: KALYN, IN A TWO AND A HALF HOUR LONG INTERVIEW,AR S ZACHARY, THE PROP MASTER FOR "RUST," TELLS INVESTIGATORS WITH THE SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE THAT SAFETY PROTOCOLSN O SET WEREN’T FOLLOWED. E SHALSO DETAILS HOW SHE FOUND LIVE ROUNDS AT THE SET MOMENTS AFTER THE SHOOTI. >> I HEARD THE SHOT GO OFF AND I HEARD JOEL SCREAM. HNJO THAT IS "RUST" PROP MASTER SARAH ZACHARY EXPLAININGO T INVESTIGATORS WHAT SHE HEARD THE MOMENT ALEC BALDWIN FIRED A GUN AT THE SET OF THE VIMOE RUST LOADED WITH A LIVE ROUND. >> WHEN THE GUNSHOT WENTFF O THAT’S WHEN I ALL THE SUDDEN SAW HANNAH IN FRONT OFT. SHE TURNED AROUND AND SAID, "THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, MY WHOLE CAREER IS RUINE"D. JO HN: ZACHARY IS REFERRINTOG "RUST" ARMORER HANNAH GUTIERREZ REED -- SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GUNS OSEN AFTER THE SHOOTING, ZACHARY SAYS SHE WENT BACK TO THE PROP CART WHEE GUNS ON SET WERE LOAD AND MADE A SHOCKING DISCOVERY. >> I WENT OVERO TTHE CART BECAUSE I HAD A SUSPICIOOF WHAT HAPPENED -- OR, NOT WHAT HAPPENED, T BULIKE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER LIVE ROUNDS IN THE BOX THAT SHE PULLED FROM. I STARTED SHAKING THE ROUNDS AND I FOUND A FEW MORE IN IT. JO:HN AS WE’VE DISCOVERED, PDQ ARM AND PR SOPUPPLIED THE MOVIE WITH AMMO AND GUNS -- THIS BAG LABELED LIVE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE BASED PROP SP. ZACHARY GOES ON TO TELL INVESTIGATORS THERE WERE TWO OTHER TIMES ON SET GUNWES MISFIRED. >> THE STUNT DOUBLE ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED THE HENRY RIF.LE I DON’T KNOW HOW BECAUSE HE SWA INSIDE OF A CABIN. NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THERE. JO: ONE OF THE MISFIRES INVOLVED ZACHARY -- SHE SAID IT HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS RELOADING ONE OF T GUNS.HE >> IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AND IT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS IF I’M HELPING OUT, I ALWAYS DO IINT A SAFE MANNER. AND IT WAS POINTING AT THE GROUND AND IT DOESN’T HAVE A PROJECTILE, SO NO ONE GOT HURT. JOHN: ZACHARY FINALLY TLSEL INVESTIGATORS SAFE BTYULLETINS, WHICH ARE DOCUMENTS DESIGNED TO CLARIFY THE BEST SAFETY PRACTICES ON SET, WERE NEVER POSTED BY ASSISTANT DIREORCT DAVE HALLS, AND SHE ALSO SAID SAFETY MEETINGS HARDLY HAPPED.NE I>> THINK WE ONLY ACTUALLY HAD A SAFETY MEETING ONCE OR TWICE AND WAI S JUST GOING OVER THE INITIAL OF, OR WHAT GUNS WE WOULD USE FOR THAT SET. JO:HN AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO CRIMINAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE SHOOTING I’M JOHN CARDINALE REPORTING, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. KALYN: THANK YOU. JUST LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE RUST
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'Rust' prop master said she found live rounds on set moments after shooting
John Cardinale
National Investigative Correspondent
We are learning more about what happened the day Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of the movie "Rust" in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from an interview the set's prop master did with investigators from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office.“I heard the shot go off and I heard Joel scream,” said Sarah Zachary, the prop master for "Rust." “When the gunshot went off, that's when I all the sudden saw Hannah in front of it. She turned around and said this wasn't supposed to happen, my whole career is ruined," she said. Zachary is referring to "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, she oversaw the guns on set. After the shooting, Zachary said she went back to the prop cart where guns on set were loaded and made a shocking discovery. “I went over to the cart because I had a suspicion of what happened, um and or, not what happened, but like you know to see if there were any other live rounds in the box that she pulled from. I started shaking the rounds and I found a few more in it,” Zachary said. PDQ Arm and Prop supplied the movie with ammo and guns, according to evidence photos a bag labeled live was recovered from the Albuquerque-based prop shop. Zachary goes on to tell investigators there were two other times on set when guns were misfired. “The stunt double accidentally discharged the Henry Rifle. I don't know how because he was inside of a cabin. No one else was in there,” Zachary said. One of the misfires involved Zachary, who said it happened while she was re-loading one of the guns. “It was an accident and it, you know, I always if I'm helping out, I always do it in a safe manner. And it was pointing at the ground and it doesn't have a projectile, so no one got hurt,” Zachary said. Zachary finally tells investigators safety bulletins, which are documents designed to clarify the best safety practices on set, were never posted by assistant director Dave Halls. She also said safety meetings hardly happened. “I think we only actually had a safety meeting once or twice and I was just going over the initial of, or what guns we would use for that set," Zachary said. As of right now, no criminal charges have been filed against anyone involved with the shooting. Watch the video above for the full story.

We are learning more about what happened the day Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of the movie "Rust" in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from an interview the set's prop master did with investigators from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office.

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“I heard the shot go off and I heard Joel scream,” said Sarah Zachary, the prop master for "Rust." “When the gunshot went off, that's when I all the sudden saw Hannah in front of it. She turned around and said this wasn't supposed to happen, my whole career is ruined," she said.

Zachary is referring to "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, she oversaw the guns on set.

After the shooting, Zachary said she went back to the prop cart where guns on set were loaded and made a shocking discovery.

“I went over to the cart because I had a suspicion of what happened, um and or, not what happened, but like you know to see if there were any other live rounds in the box that she pulled from. I started shaking the rounds and I found a few more in it,” Zachary said.

PDQ Arm and Prop supplied the movie with ammo and guns, according to evidence photos a bag labeled live was recovered from the Albuquerque-based prop shop.

Zachary goes on to tell investigators there were two other times on set when guns were misfired.

“The stunt double accidentally discharged the Henry Rifle. I don't know how because he was inside of a cabin. No one else was in there,” Zachary said.

One of the misfires involved Zachary, who said it happened while she was re-loading one of the guns.

“It was an accident and it, you know, I always if I'm helping out, I always do it in a safe manner. And it was pointing at the ground and it doesn't have a projectile, so no one got hurt,” Zachary said.

Zachary finally tells investigators safety bulletins, which are documents designed to clarify the best safety practices on set, were never posted by assistant director Dave Halls.

She also said safety meetings hardly happened.

“I think we only actually had a safety meeting once or twice and I was just going over the initial of, or what guns we would use for that set," Zachary said.

As of right now, no criminal charges have been filed against anyone involved with the shooting.

Watch the video above for the full story.