Posted on 10/28/2021 8:16:29 PM PDT by xxqqzz
The Santa Fe County sheriff on Wednesday said the gun discharged by actor Alec Baldwin during a fatal shooting on the set of "Rust" fired a "suspected live round."
Investigators believe they have recovered the "lead projectile" and shell casing from the ammunition that struck and killed the film's director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injured director Joel Souza. "The facts are clear: a weapon was handed to Mr. Baldwin. The weapon is functional and fired a live round, killing Ms. Hutchins and injuring Mr. Souza," Sheriff Adan Mendoza said at a joint news conference between the Sante Fe County Sheriff's Office and district attorney's office. Approximately 500 rounds of ammunition -- a combination of blanks, dummy and live rounds -- have been seized from the set in New Mexico, Mendoza said. He said they believe the lead projectile that was fired from the gun was recovered from Souza's shoulder.
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It seems like major negligence by the armorer if live ammunition for stored along with blanks, etc. Was the bullet planted by a union worker leaving, did the local replacements decide the fancy replicas would be fun for target practice? I would agree that should be a major focus of a criminal investigation.
The article also states there was no footage of the shooting, which implies it might not have been part of rehearsal. I am suspicious that he was just screwing around. He seems a little old to play with guns.
There also could be more problems like this with star actors, who are used to having people do things for them. A less established actor might be more likely to check if the gun was loaded.
There are many failings here. How did live ammunition get on the set. At least three people were supposed to check if it was loaded. There were apparently previous firings of live rounds that were not properly investigated.
Presumably, they were be more careful about various safety issues in the future.
You can’t get anything past him.
Alec was taking a smoke break, and wasn't anywhere near the scene, apparently...
AB is guilty as h377.
I know, let’s all get stoned and make a movie!
I saw an interview with a young actor who’s been on quite a few shoots and has been “shot” on camera many times because he usually plays a bad guy. He said the armorer was well thought of by fellow crew members and he’s surprised by the idea that she’s the one to blame. He said she was qualified and knew her stuff. However, it seems the “long knives” are out for her, which explains all the hit pieces we’ve seen and the attempts to absolve Alec of any blame. His PR company is apparently earning every penny.
Duke boy John Schneider describes the proper procedure when guns are on the set. (If you haven’t seen him for awhile you may not recognize him.)
https://youtu.be/2O6gudWsxIM?t=122
I only know one armorer but he’s the best in the business and he flat stated that if the pistol had a live round in it, it’s the armorers fault. It’s not the responsibility of the actor to check the weapon, in fact he won’t allow it. He’ll show the actor the weapon and prove that it’s safe but he won’t allow them to jack with it. If they jack with it he shut’s down the set until he’s cleared the weapon and declare it safe.
True! LOL
Thanks for the info. I’ve heard so many things the last week that I don’t know what to think...except Alec will most likely walk or get a slap on the wrist. So glad “justice is blind.” 🤬
That makes sense, because otherwise what’s the point in having an armorer? I just figured all guns used on set were non-functional, but guess not.
The armorer us responsible for loading the weapon, and the AD is responsible for checking it, in this case by dry-firing it on the presence of the actor. Both failed their jobs.
Arick Baudwin’s only negligence was he did not observe and confirm the AD checking.
I believe it was only her second movie as head armorer. I don’t know how much exposure he could have had to her.
Lots of failures to go around no doubt but the biggest failure was Baldwin failing to properly check the weapon before handling and then failing to keep the weapon pointed away from unintended targets as well as pulling the trigger with it pointed at something he didn’t want to kill.
Baldwin committed murder.
I wouldn’t get ahead of myself about AB walking, him being the producer carries a lot of responsibility for what happens on the set. If some of the rumors are true about what was going on behind the scene’s he could be held culpable. He might walk but he’s going to have a bad limp for the rest of his life.
This one will pain him for the rest of his already failing career.
I think he was dissatisfied with the cinematographer’s job performance and fake shot her - but there was a live round that the hammer dropped onto
His PR company is apparently earning every penny.Maybe so. But this is something that will haunt him the rest of his life. Especially if he saw her when she dropped.
No PR firm can fix that.
I wonder if he wakes up everyday hoping it's all a dream?
Hey Alec. When you close your eyes at night, among other things, think Trump effect.
Throughout the articles I have had a problem with the term “prop” gun applied to real metal devices. To me “prop” guns would be feather light pieces of plastic.
Yep. I thought we all kind of figured that out, on our own. 😀☝️
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