On Oct. 21, 2021, Baldwin was pointing the gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off.
The bullet struck and killed her, and wounded Souza.
Baldwin was indicted on an involuntary manslaughter charge and is scheduled to go to trial in July.
Director Joel Souza testifies in the trial against Hannah Gutierrez-Reed in state district court in Santa Fe, N.M., on Friday, March 1,Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool
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In his testimony, Souza recalled the moments of disbelief about what had happened.
There were a lot of voices.
I heard Alecs voice.
I heard Halynas voice.
Everyone is sort of talking at once.
The bullet struck Hutchins and then Souza.
I dont have a clear memory of how long I was standing behind her, he said.
Those are sort of, they are loud poofs and pops.
And it felt like somebody had taken a baseball bat to my shoulder.
Souza said that he saw Hutchins, who was being lowered to the ground.
People had her sort of by their side.
And I still didnt quite know what had happened.
And then I saw the blood on her back.
He said that the scene then was very chaotic.
I remember them laying me down.
I remember them laying her down next to me.
He said that there was a lot of panic.
I still just couldnt figure out what had happened.
I thought, Was there something stuck in the barrel that came out?
But just nothing made sense.
He said that he recalled looking up and spotting Gutierrez-Reed, who was standing with a few other people.
And I remember her saying, Im sorry.
And I remember somebody just screaming at her and they just ushered her out.
I kept begging them to take me where she was, he said.
But they said they couldnt and that they would later.
He was taken to a hospital in Santa Fe.
He said that it took a while for him to grasp that he had been shot by a bullet.
It just could not compute for me.
I just kept saying, You dont understand.
No, no, no.
This is a movie set.
Thats not possible….Its just not possible theres a live round.
The armorer would be where the gun is, he said.
