https://www.nytimes.com/article/alec-baldwin-shooting-investigation.html
I’ve read several stories about Alec Baldwin killing his film’s director of photography and shooting the film’s director as well. Most of the stories I’ve seen focus on the gun – who loaded it, what was it loaded with, who was responsible for gun safety on location, previous gun-related problems of the film crew, etc.
But I have yet to read a description -- a chronology -- of the shooting itself. The New York Times says they were rehearsing at the time. Where was Baldwin supposed to aim the gun during rehearsals? During filming? Was he supposed to pull the trigger? Was he following the director’s instructions at the time of the shooting? Was he improvising? Did the weapon accidentally discharge?
I wish a reporter would ask these kinds of questions in print and then tell us which relevant questions have not yet been answered. To the credit of the NYT reporters who wrote today’s story, they provide subheadings for “What we know” and “What we don’t know.” But under the “don’t know” heading, they do not raise any questions about the actual firing of the weapon.