Alec Baldwin "Rust" Shooting With Aphrodite Jones: Part II
Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum
iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline
4.4 • 696 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In October 2021 Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for the Western movie "Rust" on the film's set in New Mexico when a gun he was holding discharged with live ammo. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured.
Guest Bio and Links:
Aphrodite Jones is a New York Times best-selling author who dissects bizarre murder cases and brings readers into the heart of crime. She also hosts the hit TV show True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, which is on Investigation Discovery and available on Amazon Prime. Listeners can learn more about Aphrodite at her website: aphroditejones.com/, or on X @Aphrodite_Jones
Resources:
WIN Aphrodite’s book: LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal
How to enter the contest:
Head over to iTunes and leave a rating and review. Be sure to provide your name or at least initials. Three winners will be chosen and announced Friday 8/02/24 on @sheryl_mac_mccollum’s Instagram story to receive a copy of Levi’s Eyes.
In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, sits down with Aphrodite Jones to dissect the Alec Baldwin incident on the set of "Rust." They continue the conversation about the intricacies of the investigation, the roles of key individuals, and the legal implications of the tragic shooting incident. Lastly, Sheryl and Aphrodite compare other recent cases and ultimately how this will unfold for the justice system.
Show Notes:
- (0:00) Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum
- (1:00) Roles and responsibilities on set
- (2:30) Unsafe set conditions
- (8:30) Tampering with evidence
- (12:30) Aphrodite discusses the lack of reporting of evidence
- (14:30) Comparisons to other cases
- (18:00) Ethical issues within the case
- (24:00) WIN Aphrodite’s book: LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal
- (25:00) “You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon. But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive. A husband would have his partner and a little boy would have his mother.” -J.M.M.S
- Thanks for listening to another episode! If you love the show and want to help grow the show, please head over to Itunes and leave a rating and review!
---
Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.
Social Links:
- Email: [email protected]
- Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
- Facebook: @sheryl.mccollum
- Instagram: @officialzone7podcast
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Y'all, of course, we're going to talk about Alec Baldwin and some other folks. |
| 0:13.0 | As somebody in law enforcement, this investigation went on for a year. |
| 0:20.0 | And here we are with twists and turns and things just blowing up there at the last minute. |
| 0:25.6 | So let's talk about Ms. Reid again. |
| 0:28.6 | You already said that it kind of came out in trial that she had no care of concern for Ms. Hutchins who was killed. |
| 0:42.5 | Well, I will tell you right now, she also didn't have any care of concern for Ms. Smith, |
| 0:44.6 | because Ms. Smith could have been arrested. |
| 0:52.3 | Ms. Smith could have relapsed, and Ms. Smith could have gotten on a relapse train that took her life. So, again, she is displaying. I have no care about anybody but me. |
| 0:58.7 | Exactly. And, you know, this also goes to, so Alec Baldwin, as an actor, which is what he was being |
| 1:06.2 | tried as, has no obligation or not even obligation. |
| 1:11.3 | It is not his role to once he's been told this is a cold gun, |
| 1:16.8 | it is not his role to check it. |
| 1:19.2 | If the assistant director, who is the supervisor technically to the prop master and the armorer |
| 1:25.3 | hands him a gun and says cold gun, |
| 1:27.5 | what that means is that the armorer has cleared it |
| 1:30.3 | for the assistant DA, a director rather, |
| 1:33.0 | and then it's clear. |
| 1:35.0 | The actor would not have to test it. |
| 1:37.7 | It's not, it, now Baldwin worked with guns for 40 years. |
| 1:42.4 | He's a veteran actor, and even so, there is no rule in the SAG laws, you know, to say an actor has |
| 1:50.0 | to retest or re, you know, double check what's already been double check. |
| 1:55.0 | That's not their job. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.