The armorer on the film set the place actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer final week has “no concept” the place any stay ammunition got here from, her attorneys stated Thursday.
“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed “is devastated and fully beside herself over the occasions which have transpired,” an announcement from her lawyer stated.
Halyna Hutchins, director of images, died within the on-set capturing final week, and director Joel Souza was injured.
The circumstances of the capturing in New Mexico are beneath investigation, and no expenses have been filed.
“Security is Hannah’s primary precedence on set. Finally this set would by no means have been compromised if stay ammo weren’t launched. Hannah has no concept the place the stay rounds got here from,” the assertion from her attorneys stated.
Courtroom paperwork associated to a search warrant say assistant director David Halls yelled “chilly gun,” indicating it had no stay rounds, as he handed the firearm to Baldwin earlier than the capturing.
Halls instructed authorities he ought to have checked the gun extra totally after noticing a distinction within the ammunition rounds, in keeping with a search warrant affidavit.
Halls didn’t instantly return a request for remark late Thursday.
Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys, Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence, stated that the weapons have been locked up at night time and through lunch and that the armorer had sought extra coaching on the film.
“Hannah was employed on two positions on this movie, which made it extraordinarily tough to deal with her job as an armorer,” the assertion says.
“She fought for coaching, days to take care of weapons and correct time to arrange for gunfire however in the end was overruled by manufacturing and her division. The entire manufacturing set grew to become unsafe on account of varied components, together with lack of security conferences,” it stated.
Producers for the movie and Rust Films Productions LLC didn’t instantly return requests for remark late Thursday.
The capturing occurred on the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe County, which is commonly used for Western productions.
The “lead projectile” that killed Hutchins and injured Souza has been recovered, authorities stated this week. It was present in Souza’s shoulder.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza described what was fired as a “suspected stay spherical.”
Round 500 rounds have been taken from the set as a part of the investigation, together with blanks, dummy rounds and what the sheriff described as suspected stay rounds.
He stated Wednesday “there was some complacency on this set.”
