Alec Baldwin was pointing gun at camera when it went off, director says

Joel Souza says actor was practising a scene at time of accidental shooting of Halyna Hutchins

Alec Baldwin was practising a scene that involved him pointing a gun towards the camera lens" when it accidentally went off, killing his director of photography, according to a written statement by the film's director.

The director, Joel Souza, said he heard what sounded like a whip and then a loud pop". He said he saw the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins clutch her midriff and stumble backwards. Souza noticed that he himself was bleeding from the right shoulder.