The tragedy that he starred in Alec Baldwin by firing a gun that fatally wounded the cinematographer of the film Rust, Halyna Hutchins, added a new chapter this Wednesday. The head of weapons for the shoot, Hannah Gutiérrez Reed, loaded the pistol with blanks, according to his lawyer.
Gutiérrez Reed was one of the main targets for what happened. In an interview with the American signal NBC, Gutiérrez Reed’s attorney, Jason Bowles, tried to clarify the situation of his client. “There was a box of blank bullets and the box is labeled ‘blank bullets‘. Hannah took them out of that box that, according to all indications, should have been reliable, which only contained blank bullets, “he said.
Bowles indicated that she discovered “later” that there was a real bullet, something that “I had no idea” previously and what you learned from a content inspection. “Now we don’t know, however, if that cartridge came from that box. We suppose so. We assume that someone put the real bullet in that box “, he deepened, according to the site Cnn in Spanish.
In that sense, he deepened: “And if you think about that, the person who put the real bullet in the fake bullet box had to have the purpose of sabotaging this. There is no other reason to do that. “
Gutiérrez Reed served as a prop assistant on set. It was she who handed the gun that Baldwin fired to the assistant director David Halls, according to his lawyers. Both Gutiérrez Reed and Halls were initially identified as responsible.
“She showed him each and every one of the drum cartridges, which were six. There were six fake cartridges, according to her, in that pistol”, He asserted. “He turned it around and showed it to Mr. Halls and at that point he gave him custody,” added his legal defender.
Bowles clarified that “no one can be ruled out” in the face of what happened. “There were people who had left the set, who had left because they were unhappy. We have a window of time between approximately 11 and one on that day when firearms were sometimes unattended. So there was a chance to manipulate this scene”, He pointed.
Another lawyer from the armory, Robert Gorence, stated that the utility van “was completely unattended at all times,” and observed that “access and opportunity” was left to access the ammunition.
“The tray was outside the church for more than two hours without surveillance after she had prepared that for what was to be an afternoon filming session outside the church, “added the lawyer to the US signal.
The defense of the props manager reported that her client was not in the church at the time of filming. Apparently, they indicated, it was a technical preparation meeting, which would not require her presence.
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