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Baldwin shoot: Armorer criticizes investigators
The gun fired by Hollywood star Alec Baldwin while filming the movie ‘Rust’. photo
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The death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while filming a western is far from cleared up. Now there are accusations from the armorer.
Around ten months after the deadly shot at a camerawoman during a film shoot with Hollywood star Alec Baldwin (64), the armorer raises allegations against the investigators.
As the industry journal “Variety” reported on Thursday, a lawyer for the woman criticized that no DNA test was carried out on the cartridges that were discovered on the set. In an email quoted by Variety, the armorer’s attorney urged investigators to reconsider.
The fatal incident occurred in October 2021 while filming the low-budget western “Rust” at a film ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Camerawoman Halyna Hutchins was killed in the process. Director Joel Souza was hit in the shoulder. Baldwin, who served as lead actor and producer on the film, had used the gun in rehearsal for one scene. Investigations revealed that the Colt had a real bullet lodged in it.
The young armorer has sued a man who supplied props, including ammunition, for the shoot. In November, the armorer’s lawyers brought up suspicions of sabotage: someone could have put a bullet with live ammunition in a box of harmless dummy cartridges to sabotage the shoot.