Posted on 12/01/2021 10:17:39 AM PST by CedarDave
The weapons supplier for “Rust” told investigators he may have mistakenly provided the live ammunition that killed the cinematographer and wounded the director during a shooting on set near Santa Fe early last month.
Authorities say movie star Alec Baldwin was practicing a cross draw in an old church on the Bonanza Creek Ranch movie set when he discharged a live round from a Colt .45 revolver, killing Halyna Hutchins, 42, and wounding Joel Souza, 48.
“No charges have been filed as of this date,” Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Juan Rios said Tuesday.
Seth Kenney, owner of PDQ Arm & Prop, told Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies he may have given reloaded ammunition to the film’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed – who loaded the gun – before the Oct. 21 shooting, according to court records.
The father of Gutierrez-Reed, well-known armorer Thell Reed, told deputies he supplied Kenney with live rounds for firearms training with actors during a separate movie shoot out of state and Kenney took the ammunition back to New Mexico with him.
On Tuesday, deputies were in the process of executing a search warrant on Kenney’s business in a strip mall in Northeast Albuquerque.
Prop Master Sarah Zachry told deputies the ammunition for “Rust” was provided by Kenney, by Gutierrez-Reed from a previous production and “extra rounds from an individual identified as ‘Billy Ray.'”
Deputies found other suspected live ammunition on the set during a search and Kenney told them he got his ammunition from Starline Brass.
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Or don’t pull the trigger. as the case may be. I’m not sure what Alec is trying to pull. Convince one juror that he really didn’t pull the trigger, maybe? I think he knows that he is oh so screwed, otherwise.
Yeah, I don’t get the “suspected live rounds.” It’s bloody obvious if it’s a live round just by looking at it.
It’s readily available…
Maybe there’s more demand for it here in Idaho. This is Elmer Keith country, after all.
Starline makes brass, not loaded ammunition. If you buy their brass, you still have to install the primers, powder, and bullets.
I’ve read these old six shooters were routinely carried with only five chambers loaded. The sixth chamber directly under the hammer was left empty because the gun was prone to misfire otherwise.
Dude, what are you talking about? Brass, bullets.....WTH I’m just a dumb lib who doesn’t know one end of a gun from the other end. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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