SOMEONE MIXED LIVE ROUNDS WITH DUMMY AMMO AS SABOTAGE: ‘RUST’ FILM ATTORNEY

Wed 03 November 2021:

On the set of the film “Rust,” someone may have planted real bullets in a box of dummy ammo in an act of sabotage, resulting to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin, according to an attorney for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

“There was a box of dummy rounds labeled ‘dummy.’ We don’t know whether the live round came from that box. We’re assuming somebody put the live round in the box,” attorney Jason Bowles told NBC in an interview.

Bowles speculated that someone who would “want to sabotage the set, want to prove a point, want to say they’re disgruntled, they’re unhappy” could have done it.

Such actions could have led to the incident in which Baldwin accidentally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza, killing the former and wounding the latter on the set of “Rust” at Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico last month.

Following complaints of bad working conditions and risky practices, including accidental weapon discharges, union members of the film crew were reportedly replaced by non-union workers in the hours leading up to the deadly shooting.

Alec Baldwin shares Instagram post

Alec Baldwin has shared comments from a crew member rejecting suggestions that the set of his film Rust was unsafe.

“Read this,” Baldwin, who is also a producer on the film, captioned her comments on Instagram.

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A post shared by Alec Baldwin (@alecbaldwininsta)

Some crew members have criticised the safety measures, with chief electrician Serge Svetnoy writing on Facebook that he blamed “negligence and unprofessionalism” for the tragedy.

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