An attorney for Dave Halls, an assistant director on the set of “Rust,” corroborated Alec Baldwin’s claim that he never pulled the trigger on the antique gun that was launched in the October movie, told ABC on Thursday that her client said “the whole time Baldwin put his finger outside the trigger guard, parallel to the barrel.”
“He told me from day one he thought it was a mistaken fire,” attorney Lisa Torraco said of her client, adding, “until Alec [Baldwin] said, it was really hard to believe, but he told me that ever since I first met him, that Alec [Baldwin] did not pull the trigger. ”
ABC also spoke with one of the ammunition suppliers for the production, Seth Kenney, who said the live ammunition seized by investigators from his bulletproof store Wednesday did not match. with live bullets that have been filmed.
“They found four rounds close enough to enter. They’re not a match, but they’re close together so there’s something very unique about the live rounds found on ‘Rust,’ but we have to wait for the FBI to do its job,” said Kenney. speak.
But Kenney denied that the live rounds that ended with the Colt .45 gun were provided by him. “It is unlikely that they are from PDQ [the supplier] or me personally. When we send out the dummy bullets, they are individually checked for clicks before being sent out. So if you have a box of 50, you have to do it 50 times and at that point you know they’re safe to ship,” says Kenney.
In a court affidavit this week, a detective wrote that Kenney had told authorities he had received “reloaded bullets” from a friend two years earlier. cartridges bear the logo of Starline Brass, a company he said only sells ammunition components, not live ammunition.
The affidavit also describes how Thell Reed, an industry veteran and father of “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, told detectives in an interview that he gave Kenney a “box of ammo.” with live rounds to train for another movie this year and never get it back. Reed said he believes the can is still in Kenney’s possession, according to the affidavit.
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