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Mary McNamara

Mary McNamara: Halyna Hutchins’ final moments should not be offered for public consumption

On Monday afternoon, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office released a Dropbox filled with documents and video evidence from the ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and wounding of director Joel Souza, on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” last year.

Included in the remarkably large information dump were scenes of Baldwin rehearsing what would become the fatal shot; officers’ body camera recordings of Baldwin, crew members and law enforcement as early responders attempt to contain the scene; and police interviews with, among others, Baldwin, Souza (one as he receives treatment in the emergency room), armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed and weapons provider Seth Kenney.

It also included images of emergency crew members attempting to treat Hutchins and many photographs of the police scene, including bloody footprints and pieces of blood-soaked gauze.

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