Clearly production thought better of it, decided to roll the dice and pay the ultimate price.'Ī search warrant released Friday said that Gutierrez-Reed laid out three prop guns on a cart outside the filming location, and first assistant director Dave Halls grabbed the gun from the cart and brought it inside to Alec Baldwin, unaware that it was loaded with live rounds. The first time that gun went off without telling anybody, that whole department should have been replaced, immediately. 'That should be automatic grounds for termination on a union film set, you should be gone. 'All of us yelled at him, 'That better be on the production report, these guys are irresponsible and shouldn't be here,' a production source said. The crew made their complaints directly to assistant director Dave Hall - who is named in the search warrant affidavit as the person handed Baldwin the gun that killed Hutchins and told him it was safe - and demanded all the discharges were documented. Rust crew members claim there were several complaints made against the armorer on the set and that at least six 'fed-up' people had walked off the set prior to Gutierrez-Reed handing Baldwin the gun that killed Hutchins. Sources accused Gutierrez-Reed of loading a weapon on the pebble-filled ground and handing it to child actress, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 11, without conducting a proper inspection on the set of Nicholas Cage's The Old WayĪ fellow Rust crew member referred to Gutierrez-Reed as being 'inexperienced and green,' alleging that there had been at least two incidents of guns being discharged on set before Thursday's fatal accident. The individual noted that the crew waited to film until Gutierrez-Reed had double checked the barrel for obstruction. We didn't see her check it, we didn't know if something got in the barrel or not,' a source who worked with her set of the upcoming Nicolas Cage film, The Old Way, said. 'She was reloading the gun on the ground, where there were pebbles and stuff. 'She was a bit careless with the guns, waving it around every now and again,' the source told The Daily Beast. 'There were a couple times she was loading the blanks and doing it in a fashion that we thought was unsafe.'Īnother source accused Gutierrez-Reed of loading a weapon on the pebble-filled ground and handing it to child actress, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 11, without conducting a proper inspection. The young armorer who was responsible for the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Alec Baldwin new film Rust has been careless with weapons in the past, sources allege.Ī source who worked alongside Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, on an previous film set said she has a history of recklessness around guns. Baldwin tweeted a Variety article on Friday that he 'was told prop gun was safe before fatal shooting' as experts said he ignored basic gun safety rulesīy Natasha Anderson and Ronny Reyes and Adriana Diaz For Dailymail.Com.Other sources add that blame also lies with Dave Halls, the assistant director who failed to check the gun when he told Baldwin it was safe to use.The sources said she was seen loading blanks in an 'unsafe' fashion.Two production sources claim Rust Gutierrez-Reed previously gave a child actor a gun without checking it on set of the Nicholas Cage's The Old Way.Sources claim Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, had a history of reckless behavior around weapons and was 'a bit careless with guns'.
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The young armorer who allegedly handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed the cinematographer on the set of his movie Rust was 'inexperienced' with guns.'Careless' and 'inexperienced' armorer, 24, on Alec Baldwin Rust set halted filming on last movie - starring Nic Cage - after 'giving gun to child actress, 11, on set'