Crew Member: Baldwin Careful With Guns Before Fatal Shooting

LOS ANGELES — A camera operator told authorities that Alec Baldwin had been careful with weapons on the set of the film β€œRust” before the actor shot and killed a cinematographer with a gun he’d been told was safe to use, records released Sunday show.

A search warrant affidavit includes details with camera operator Reid Russell, who told a detective that Baldwin was rehearsing a scene Thursday in which he was set to draw his gun while sitting in a church pew.

The camera wasn’t rolling when the gun went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The records released Sunday also include details from an interview with β€œRust” director Joel Souza, who was also wounded by the shot.