'Rust' director describes moment he was shot by Alec Baldwin

During "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed's trial, Joel Souza recalled being shot by actor Alec Baldwin. The director was shot in the shoulder on October 21, 2021.

"I went inside [the church] again to see, to try to see what the angle was, there were a lot of voices," he recalled during his testimony at "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed's trial. "I heard Alec's voice. I heard Halyna's voice, everyone sort of talking at once. I don't have a clear memory of how long I was standing behind her. I know I got up behind her to . . . try to see on the monitor, and there was an incredibly loud bang that was not like the half and quarter loads you hear on a set. Those are sort of, they're loud poofs and pops. This was deafening."

"And it felt like somebody had taken a baseball bat to my shoulder. I remember that distinctly and sort of stumbling back and shouting. I don't remember exactly what I said."