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2021-11-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Fatal bullet fired on ‘Rust' set may have been ‘sabotage,' armorer's lawyers say
[TODAY] The attorneys for the armorer in charge of weapons on the set of "Rust" say they are investigating whether someone put a live bullet in a box of dummy rounds with the purpose of "sabotaging the set," resulting in the death of a cinematographer from a prop gun fired by star Alec Baldwin.

Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence, the attorneys for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, spoke exclusively on TODAY Wednesday about how they believed a live round ended up in the gun fired by Baldwin, which has made their client a focus of the investigation into the death of Halyna Hutchins.

Bowles said there was a box of bullets on the set labeled as dummy rounds that Gutierrez-Reed pulled from to load the gun. He believed it was possible a third party may have put a live round in the box.

"I believe that somebody who would do that would want to sabotage the set, want to prove point, want to say that they’re disgruntled, they’re unhappy," Bowles told TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie. "And we know that people had walked off the set the day before."

Asked if he thought a crew member could be a suspect, Bowles said "I think you can’t rule anybody out at this point."

"We know there was a live round in a box of dummy rounds that shouldn’t have been there," Bowles said. "We have people who had left the set, who had walked out because they were disgruntled. We have a time frame between 11 (a.m.) and 1 (p.m.), approximately, that day, in which the firearms at times were unattended, so there was opportunity to tamper with this scene."

Gorence added that the film set's prop ammunition was in a truck "that was completely unattended at all times, giving someone access and opportunity."

NBC News has not verified Bowles' allegation that firearms were left unattended on set during that time period or Gorence's allegation that the ammunition was left unsupervised in a prop truck.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-03 12:21|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Was it murder? Lawyers for 'inexperienced' Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed blame mystery disgruntled crew member for placing live round inside box of prop ammo to 'SABOTAGE' Alec Baldwin movie
Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-03 12:34||   2021-11-03 12:34|| Front Page Top

#2 'I am sick of this narrative': Alec Baldwin slams his own crew for 'bull***t' claims that Rust movie was 'unsafe and chaotic'
Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-03 12:34||   2021-11-03 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 I've was 'sick' of Alec Balwin long before he starting shooting people on set. His disgusting CYA press statements are exactly what one could expect of him.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-03 12:44||   2021-11-03 12:44|| Front Page Top

#4 What is this? A Columbo episode?
Posted by Penguin of the Desert 2021-11-03 13:23||   2021-11-03 13:23|| Front Page Top

#5 You have to aim at the cinematographer to kill her, you know.
Posted by KBK 2021-11-03 13:27||   2021-11-03 13:27|| Front Page Top

#6 I think it was Lifetime for Wimmins. It's only been done three hundred times or so.
Posted by Fred 2021-11-03 13:28||   2021-11-03 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 you aim and pull and you did it, not the weapon.
Posted by jim murray  2021-11-03 13:31||   2021-11-03 13:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Because firearms just auto-load like in Call of Duty.

What is this? A Columbo episode?
Columbo was well written, well acted, and nobody died on-set.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-11-03 13:38||   2021-11-03 13:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Shouldn't an "armorer" be able to tell the difference between a blank and a live round?
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2021-11-03 14:13||   2021-11-03 14:13|| Front Page Top

#10 What is this? A Columbo episode?

"Just one more question"
Posted by Frank G 2021-11-03 14:47||   2021-11-03 14:47|| Front Page Top

#11 A Hallmark Christmas movie?
Posted by Matt 2021-11-03 15:07||   2021-11-03 15:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Baldwin pointed the gun at people and pulled the trigger. Gutierrez-Reed was negligent; Baldwin was responsible and deserves to face manslaughter charges.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-11-03 17:08||   2021-11-03 17:08|| Front Page Top

#13 Everyone on set right of Mao just got accused.

What is the privilege of this armorer that the lawyer's best move is, "counter-revolutionary saboteur."
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-11-03 18:16||   2021-11-03 18:16|| Front Page Top

#14 Use this for any further Hired Legal Eagle Beagle Pronouncements for this 'RUST case

Posted by Percy Ulalet5883 2021-11-03 18:25||   2021-11-03 18:25|| Front Page Top

#15 Actually, I've been wondering about this possibility ever since I read that the original crew walked off the set earlier in the day in a safety dispute.
Posted by Bill Sforza2984 2021-11-03 20:06||   2021-11-03 20:06|| Front Page Top

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