The crew member in charge of firearm safety for the film “Rust” said she has “no idea” where live rounds found on the movie set came from, her lawyers said Thursday, a week after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced. Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from.”First assistant director Dave Halls admitted to investigators that he didn’t thoroughly check all the rounds in the prop gun that killed Hutchins and also wounded director Joel Souza. “These two individuals are armorer Hannah Reed-Gutierrez and Assistant Director David Halls. In the new statement, Reed’s lawyers said the armorer had “checked the ‘dummies’ and made sure there were not ‘hot rounds’” in the gun.

Source: Huffington Post October 29, 2021 19:02 UTC