Hannah Gutierrez was the original Armorer for this production. She had just one job to do. She was incompetent and failed spectacularly at her job.
The Union Camera crews were the people fired and replaced, just a few hours before the incident.
There had been multiple previous incidents of hot guns unexpectedly fired by stunt doubles during filming. The crews were very unhappy with safety procedures on the set. And they were not getting paid on time either.
Looks like they got out just before it all hit the fan.
If the reports are true that the guns were used for live fire target practice by unauthorized crew members, then Hannah Gutierrez will probably face criminal charges. She is the obvious fall guy for the killing.
If the reports are true that Baldwin made intemperate remarks after a take, then deliberately aimed the pistol at the director and pulled the trigger, then he should face criminal charges.
There are supposedly video and audio recordings of the incident. And of course, a dozen or so witnesses. It will be difficult for the lawyers to suppress everything, but they will try.
Baldwin probably won't be indicted. He most certainly will lose big money in the civil suits that are coming.
How much do those guns cost? Can’t they buy other weapons to use for target practice? I assume the other live rounds shot were do to the target practice and they did not see any problem with that. Nothing to look into?
So maybe the Director of Cinematography was behind the camera because the camera crew had walked out, partly due to unsafe firearms conditions like shots fired at the cameras?
Thanks for the corrections.
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