

According to her lawsuit, Seth Kenney and PDQ Arm & Prop, his company, mismarked a box of ammunition that was brought to the set and contained live rounds.Ī box of ammunition found on the set after the shooting was labeled “dummies” but actually had seven live rounds. Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office interviews armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed on the day of ‘Rust’ shooting.

Gutierrez-Reed is herself a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the prop weapons supplier contracted by the “Rust” production team. … No one should ever die with a real gun on a make-believe movie set.” “You don’t hand somebody a gun until you give them safety training.
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“We’re used to people coming in from out of town to play cowboy who don’t know how to use guns,” Randi McGinn, the Hutchins family’s lawyer in Albuquerque, said last week.

No criminal charges have been announced yet. 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed accused Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza of making false claims implying she brought or fired live ammo on a previous movie set. The Santa Fe County sheriff’s office is still investigating the shooting, with a focus on how a live round got into the gun. Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released her first statement since an on-set shooting killed the cinematographer and injured the director, claiming the production cut safety precautions. The paperwork alleged that Baldwin acted recklessly and, because of cost cutting, the production failed to follow industry standards for gun safety, which resulted in the cinematographer’s death. The family of Hutchins filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week accusing producers and crew members, including Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed.
