Santa Fe, N.M.—New camera footage released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office Monday shows Alec Baldwin whipping out a revolver and pointing it toward the camera two times while rehearsing for a scene in the Western movie “Rust.”
The footage was taken from the movie set on the day Mr. Baldwin discharged a live round from a revolver, killing Halyna Hutchins, the 42-year-old cinematographer for the low-budget Western. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was also wounded in the incident.
The footage is one of dozens of videos and other images released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. The files were released Monday in response to public records requests by media outlets. They include body camera footage from sheriff’s deputies responding to the incident and investigators’ interviews with key witnesses.
Text messages from Sarah Zachry, the “Rust” prop master, sent three days after the incident show the crew worker commenting on how Mr. Baldwin preferred to use real guns and props on set, and referenced a time he didn’t want to act with a “rubber knife.”
“Alec never liked anything fake like guns and even the rubber knife,” she wrote.
“He always wanted his real gun,” she added.
Sheriff’s investigators haven’t yet completed their probe into the Oct. 21 shooting, which includes determining how live rounds ended up on the set. Investigators have interviewed a range of people involved in the movie, including Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer in charge of guns on set, assistant director David Halls, weapons-supplier Seth Kenney and Mr. Baldwin.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said several components of the investigation are pending “including FBI firearm and ballistic forensics along with DNA and latent fingerprint analysis, Office of the New Mexico Medical Examiner findings report and the analysis of Mr. Alec Baldwin’s phone data.”
Mr. Baldwin’s lawyer Luke Nikas didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Sarah Zachry didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
In a television interview with ABC News that aired in December, Mr. Baldwin claimed he never pulled the trigger but acknowledged cocking the hammer and releasing it while practicing drawing the gun from its holster.
“I let go of the hammer of the gun, the gun goes off,” Mr. Baldwin said.
Write to Dan Frosch at dan.frosch@wsj.com, Katherine Sayre at katherine.sayre@wsj.com and Erich Schwartzel at erich.schwartzel@wsj.com
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