Crew members on the set of “Rust” believed that the lead bullet that fatally wounded cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Thursday was supposed to be a dummy round, according to a search warrant affidavit filed by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday and a Los Angeles Times interview with a crew member who was in the Western set’s church at the time of the shooting.
According to the affidavit, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed — who was in charge of overseeing gun safety and usage on set — said on the day of the incident, she had ensured that the ammunition intended for production were “dummies” and did not include “‘hot’ rounds.” Halls told investigators that his typical on-set safety protocol included him checking the gun barrel for “obstructions” before Gutierrez Reed opens the hatch of the weapon and spins its drum, the cylindrical rotating part of the gun that holds the rounds.
Dummy rounds require serious safety precautions because they more closely resemble an actual bullet than a blank does. Multiple film professionals familiar with weapons handling on film sets said guns loaded with dummy rounds are considered “cold” because they cannot fire.
Unbelievable incompetence. So either the senior arms checker is criminally negligent and up for culpable homicide, or someone put a real bullet in for revenge for the poor hotel accommodation and salaries; the assistant director is certainly culpable too in this
He wasn’t the one who fired the gun. Baldwin’s responsible for inspecting the pistol before pulling the trigger. This is basic stuff.
I'm not a mathematician, but 3 is definitely greater thann 0. 0 of something is usually pretty easy to spot.
😭😭😭😭how could you hand a person a weapon without fully checking it? You even told him it was clean when you had not even verified it? You expect the actors to immediately respond to directions. Alec Baldwin will have to live with that awful death forever.😭Her family 😭 You😭
Or better yet, Alec Baldwin shouldn’t have shot at people.
Since Mother's Day, the young worker luan Bitencourt Bastos and his motorcycle have been missing in Rio BR. the most frightening, given the sepulchral silence of the authorities, which aware, where the event took place and who are some suspects of this barbaric and brutal crime.
There should have been no rounds in the gun and rule number 1 of firearm safety treat every gun as if its a real gun loaded with real bullets.
nice
Negligent homicide charges will be levied with that admission & civil suits will be flying over this.
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I don't understand how such a simple thing was overlooked. WTF?
Yes. But the firearm for set came first from the armorer, should have gone to the Prop Master next THEN to the AD. Each were supposed to have checked the weapon for live rounds. The actor, being also Producer, then further checks. THAT is the protocol.
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