Gutierrez-Reed's attorneys added on Wednesday that she was not in the church at the time of the shooting that left photography director Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza injured. “The buck always stops” with the armorer, he said.
And in Gutierrez-Reed's case on "Rust," she only worked two days in props and never had dual prop and weapons responsibilities on the same day, the production sources said.Īlso last week, Mike Tristano, who has supervised firearms on film sets for more than 30 years, said that the responsibility lies with the armorer to ensure the safety of guns and ammunition on set. The armorer on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer last week has 'no idea' where any live ammunition came from, her lawyers said Thursday. New information about the fatal shooting on the set of the movie 'Rust' was revealed by authorities Wednesday, including details about the prop gun that was fired by Alec Baldwin and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released her first statement since an on-set shooting killed the cinematographer and injured the director, claiming the production cut safety precautions. The whole production set became unsafe due to various factors, including lack of safety meetings," the statement said.īut sources within the production told NBC News Friday that it's common practice for an armorer, like Gutierrez-Reed, to also have separate responsibilities within a prop team. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is also the daughter of the legendary Hollywood armorer Thell Reed. "She fought for training, days to maintain weapons and proper time to prepare for gunfire but ultimately was overruled by production and her department.