Jan 12th, 2022, 09:41pm
The armorer for Alec Baldwin's movie Rust filed a lawsuit against the company that supplied weapons and bullets to the film's set, as an investigation continues into the fatal on-set shooting.
The movie "Rust" is being filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico on October 22, 2021. Halyna Hutchins, the Director of Photography, was killed on the set of the movie "Rust" in Santa Fe, New Mexico on October 21, 2021. Hutchins and Souza were hit by a prop firearm that was discharged by Alec Baldwin. Sam Wasson is the photographer.
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The complaint was filed in New Mexico state court.
The set was given with boxes of live and dummy rounds.
The prop truck that Baldwin used to transport his gun had five holes in it, and a sixth came from a new box that arrived the morning of Hutchins' shooting.
The complaint says that the new box of rounds "jingled" when Gutierrez-Reed shook it.
The complaint states that investigators found live rounds in a box, on an anvil cart, and in bandoliers with a Starline brass logo.
The Rust film set was given live bullets by Kenney.
Forbes reached out to the companies for comment.
The investigation began after a live round from a prop gun Baldwin was holding killed Hutchins and injured the film's director. The Santa Fe Sheriff's Office confirmed it found live rounds on the film set and was investigating how they got there. According to investigators, Kenney gave Rust dummy bullets from a brand called Starline Brass, and he also received reloaded bullets from a friend and the father of the victim claimed that Kenney mixed up live rounds. Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has denied that live bullets were placed on the set deliberately.
The search warrant suggests that the live gun on the set may have come from a weapons supplier.
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