New Mexico sheriff says the 'Rust' shooting investigation is 'ongoing' after Alec Baldwin claimed he was exonerated in the deadly shooting

• The Santa Fe Sheriff's office released a slew of reports and footage of the deadly "Rust" shooting.
• The news comes after Alec Baldwin claimed he was exonerated following a state agency's probe.

The Santa Fe County sheriff said the investigation into the deadly shooting on the "Rust" production set is "ongoing" despite Alec Baldwin's claims that a state regulator's investigation proved his innocence in the incident.

On Monday, the Santa Fe Sheriff's office released a slew of documents, body and dash-camera footage, and crime scene photos obtained by the department in their months-long investigation into the October 21, 2021, shooting, which injured the film's director Joel Souza and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The site containing the information was "temporarily suspended due to excessive traffic" by those attempting to access the files after its release, the department said earlier Monday.

In a press release announcing the new files, Mendoza said "various components of the investigation remain outstanding including FBI firearm and ballistic forensics along with DNA and latent fingerprint analysis, Office of the New Mexico Medical Examiner findings report and the analysis of Mr. Alec Baldwin's phone data extracted by Suffolk County Sheriff's investigators."

"Once these investigative components are provided to the sheriff's office we will be able to complete the investigation to forward to the Santa Fe District Attorney for review," Mendoza said in a statement.

The case has yet to be sent to the Santa Fe District Attorney for review, Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza said, adding that the department is still seeking an analysis report on Baldwin's phone data.

Last week, New Mexico state regulators at the New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau hit "Rust" producers with a maximum fine of $139,793 for safety failures that resulted in the death of the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

In a statement last week, Baldwin claimed that the findings in the investigation into the shooting conducted by OHSB "exonerated" him in the incident.

"We appreciate that the report exonerates Mr. Baldwin by making clear that he believed the gun held only dummy rounds," Baldwin said in a statement on his Instagram. "Additionally, the report recognizes that Mr. Baldwin's authority on the production was limited to approving script changes and creative casting."

"Mr. Baldwin had no authority over the matters that were the subject of the Bureau's findings of violations, and we are pleased that the New Mexico officials have clarified these critical issues," he continued. "We are confident that the individuals identified in the report will be held accountable for this tragedy."

The sheriff's office did not respond to Insider's request for comment on Baldwin's claims he had been exonerated.

OHSB Communications Director Matthew Maez told journalist Emily Miller last week that their investigation "does not exonerate or implicate anyone," adding that the agency looks into working conditions on the set and not "intended to look into one person's role."

Baldwin's reps did not return Insider's request for comment on the new documents.