The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set should make himself out there for an interview with state office security regulators, a choose has determined.
District Choose Bryan Biedscheid on Friday granted a request by the Occupational Well being and Security Bureau of the state Setting Division to situation a subpoena to Dave Halls, assistant director for the film Rust, native information retailers reported.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded within the Oct. 21 taking pictures on the Bonanza Creek Ranch movie set close to Santa Fe.
Security officers tried twice since Nov. 2 to interview Halls for his or her investigation however he declined each instances via his lawyer and stated he wouldn’t comply with an interview till a legal investigation into the taking pictures is full, a compliance officer wrote Wednesday in an affidavit in help of the subpoena request.
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The interview with Halls is required as a result of he had tasks for set security, knew who was current through the taking pictures and had dealt with the gun, the appliance stated.
Rebecca Roose, deputy cupboard secretary of the Setting Division, advised the Santa Fe New Mexican that the division proposed a Tuesday interview however that the choose may set one other date or Halls’ lawyer may combat the subpoena.
Halls’ lawyer, Lisa Torracco, on Saturday didn’t instantly reply to a voicemail left by The Related Press looking for remark.
Nonetheless, KOB-TV reported that Torraco advised the station that Halls will cooperate with state investigators.
Baldwin has stated he didn’t know the gun contained a stay spherical and that investigators should discover out who put it within the weapon.
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