After the news, The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley decided that this was not going to happen on the set of the TV series.
On Thursday, Hutchins was in New Mexico working as a cinematographer for the Alec Baldwin Western movie Rust.
In previous seasons, The Rookie has mostly used CGI to create muzzle flashes, but there were sometimes live weapons used on “big, outside set pieces.”
“The tragic events in New Mexico yesterday have shaken us all, and our hearts go out to the friends and family of Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza,” the memo reads.