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Alec Baldwin: The gunsmith “has no idea where the real ammunition came from”

The clerk in charge of the weapons in the film Rust did not know they existed “real spheres»On set, where the director of photography was killed by the actor and co-producer Alec Baldwin, her lawyers argued on Friday.

It is the first time since October 21, when the tragedy took place in Santa Fe, που η Hannah Gutierrez Reed placed publicly on the case.

The accident would never have happened “if real ammunition had not been included in the shooting,” her lawyers said, dismissing any responsibility of their client for her death Halina Hutchins. “Hannah has no idea where the real ammunition came from,” they added, according to AFP.

The Wrap website reported, citing sources close to the film’s production, that some members of the film crew had used the revolver. to shoot, with real bullets, cans of beer a few hours before Baldwin took it in his hands.

The 24-year-old Gutierrez Reed «he did not see never “No one should shoot with real bullets with these weapons and he would never allow that,” said Jason Bowles.

“Weapons were locked at night and during meals”

It is noted that in the movies the man who is in charge of weapons used in various scenes must ensure that they do not pose a danger to actors and technicians. Firearms are supposed to are locked when not in use, transmits the RES EIA.

“The guns were locked at night and during meals,” said Gutierrez Reed.

According to the first elements of the investigation, the young woman told the police that had secured the weapons when the lunch break was made, but not the ammunition, which were left in a stroller with various accessories near the plateau.

Santa Fe County Sheriff It was Mendoza, said that from the search at the shooting site were found 500 cartridges, fake the sphere, but among them there were some real spheres.

All this ammunition will be examined from police laboratories, as well as the bullet that killed Hutchins and then nailed to the director’s shoulder Joel Souza.

Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who had only worked on one feature film before Rust, also claimed that she had been assigned other tasks, making it very difficult for her to focus in the work of the gunsmith.

She had asked the production for more time to prepare the weapons at the shooting scenes, but her requests were rejected, according to her lawyers.

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