Eyewitnesses to the accidental murder of cameraman Galina Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin told the details of that fateful day.

Baldwin rehearsed the scene according to second cinematographer Reed Russell and director Joel Sousa, who was also injured.. He sat on a pew and practiced pulling a pistol into the camera.. Before the actor was given a pistol, he was assured that the cartridges in it were blank.. Therefore, Baldwin fired without suspecting anything, writes DailyMail.

Baldwin moments after the tragedy At the moment of the shot, Souz stood behind Hutchins and looked at Baldwin over her shoulder.. The director recalls hearing a clap sound followed by a loud crackling sound..

The bullet hit Galina Hutchins in the chest, she grabbed the wounded place, staggered back and said that she could not feel her legs. She was helped to sink to the ground.

According to the information on the search warrant, an assistant director handed Baldwin a pistol, claiming it was " Before that, the weapon passed through the hands of the "