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I don't know how things are actually done on movie sets, but commonsense suggests that when it comes to weapons, the armorer would somehow secure chain of custody of any weapon that was to be used. Is that how it works in reality?This isn't even bullshit, it's horseshit. Thing is, I have a family member who goes even further in her extreme opinions and has already convinced herself - wait for it - that a Trump supporter deliberately did this to get back at Alec Baldwin.
I suppose the attorney's just doing his job. Badly. That young woman and the AD have a problem.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's attorney suggests 'Rust' crew 'sabotaged' set
‘Rust’ armorer’s attorney suggests set possibly sabotaged by disgruntled crew member
By Lee Brown November 3, 2021 8:35am
Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of his cinematographer may have been the deadly result of a “disgruntled” crew member “sabotaging” the set, an attorney for the movie’s rookie armorer alleged Wednesday.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, loaded the gun Baldwin used on the set of “Rust” from a box of ammo that should have been only dummy rounds, her attorney, Jason Bowles, told the “Today” show.
“We know there was a live round in a box of dummy rounds that shouldn’t have been there — at least one live round,” said Bowles, a former federal prosecutor.
“We’re assuming somebody put the live round in that box — which, if you think about that, the person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging the set,” he claimed in the sensational interview.
“There’s no other reason that you would do that — that you would mix that live round in with a dummy round,” he said.
The attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed suggested on November 3, 2021, that their client was set up by disgruntled workers on the film “Rust” and given live rounds instead of dummy ones.
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Alec Baldwin (second from left) and others from the film.
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“I believe that somebody who would do that would want to sabotage the set, want to prove a point, want to say that they’re disgruntled, they’re unhappy.
“And we know that people had already walked up to set the day before, and they had been and then they’re unhappy,” he said of the Western that had faced calls for strike action and a walkout by the camera crew.
“That is the central question to this case … how did a live round get on set, and who put that live round on the set?” Bowles said.
“Rust” assistant director Dave Halls had said the gun was “cold” and safe to use before giving it to Alec Baldwin.
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“Rust” was only the second armorer job for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
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“You can’t rule anybody out at this point,” he insisted.
Bowles also said there was at least two hours “in which the firearms at times were unattended” before Baldwin accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a 42-year-old mom.
“So there was opportunity to tamper with the scene,” Bowles said. “And yes, we’re looking at that possibility.”
Fellow attorney Robert Gorence — also a former federal prosecutor — explained that while the guns were all “locked in a safe,” the prop ammo was in a truck that was “completely unattended at all times.”
“Giving someone access and opportunity,” he stressed of the New Mexico set.
The attorneys also insisted that Baldwin should never have fired the gun without the presence of his armorer, who was outside the church at the time, thinking they were only prepping the cameras.
“If there was something that was going to involve one of the firearms, she had to be there,” Gorence said.
“She wasn’t in the church because it wasn’t set up to have that dynamic of, ‘We’re going to use one of these firearms.’ The only tech prep was positioning cameras. She wasn’t there,” he said, calling it a “critical point.”
Bowles also blamed movie bosses for Gutierrez-Reed — working only her second movie as head armorer — having “two roles on that film set.”
“She was only being paid for an armorer part-time — essentially she was doing two roles,” he said, adding that Gutierrez-Reed was carrying out her “other duties as key props assistant” just before the deadly shooting.
Gutierrez-Reed “remains very emotional,” Bowles said.
“As you can imagine, coming on the scene and everything that she saw, she’s heartbroken, and she’s just devastated by what’s happened,” he said, insisting they are “definitely cooperating with the authorities.”
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has also warned that “no one has been ruled out at this point … All options are on the table” in the investigation.
That includes Baldwin, 63, who was also a producer of the movie that ended with the death of Hutchins and injury of director Joel Souza, officials said.
Halyna Hutchins’ final Instagram post shows the cast and crew of “Rust.”
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Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a live round was fired from the gun while Alec Baldwin was rehearsing.
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Around 500 rounds were taken as part of the investigation, including blanks, dummy rounds — and some suspected live rounds, officials have said.
Also, are armorers certified in any manner whatsoever?
Finally, I hate sounding like a boomer saying this (even though I am one), but at age 24 shouldn't she be an apprentice or something, rather than the head person?