Halyna Hutchins’ death on ‘Rust’ set was ‘completely preventable,’ armorers say: ‘Safety was not prioritized’

Alec Baldwin called the shooting incident a “one-in-a-trillion event” and said he had met with Halyna Hutchins’ husband.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said 500 rounds of ammunition – a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and suspected live rounds – were found while searching the set of the Western film. Souza, 48, who was standing behind Hutchins, 42, told investigators there should never be live rounds present near a scene.

"Foremost, we offer our condolences to the family and friends of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who tragically and needlessly lost her life on-set in New Mexico on October 21," read a lengthy statement from the collection of armorers and weapons masters sent to Fox News.