Joel Souza, 'Rust' director shot by Alec Baldwin, seen outside

Publish date: 2024-05-19

“Rust” director Joel Souza appeared to be on the mend, as he walked outside of his California home with his arm in a sling a week after a bullet fired on the movie’s set by Alec Baldwin hit him in the shoulder, according to newly released photos.

The filmmaker—  who was wounded in the same incident that killed the flick’s cinematographer — scowled as he stepped out Thursday afternoon in Palo Alto while wearing the sling, a flannel shirt and shorts.

“Rust” director Joel Souza was spotted outside his home with an arm brace on Oct. 29, 2021. Flightrisk / BACKGRID
Souza is still recovering from gun shot injuries after being wounded on-set last week. Flightrisk / BACKGRID
Josh Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Travis Fimmel & Jensen Ackles on the set of ‘Rust.’ Josh Hopkins/Instagram

The sighting comes as investigators probe why the gun was loaded with a live round on the reportedly chaotic set, where crew members walked out to protest working conditions.

A single bullet fired by Baldwin struck the 48-year-old director after fatally hitting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, as they filmed the Western in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Oct. 21.

Joel Souza was shot in the shoulder when a prop gun loaded with live ammo was fired by Alec Baldwin. Flightrisk / BACKGRID
The last photo of Halyna Hutchins on set. Facebook

On Tuesday, Souza was seen for the first time since the tragedy, wiping his eye and looking upset as he sat in the passenger seat of a car parked on a the street in Palo Alto.

Souza was released from the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center the day after the shooting and later gave a statement saying, “I am gutted by the loss of my friend and colleague, Halyna … My thoughts are with her family at this most difficult time.”

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