Now that the final police report has been made public, details of the culture on the set have emerged that include other instances of misfirings, as well as a key grip alleging he heard an armorer state Baldwin’s gun was cleared before Hutchins’ death. …
The report alleged that a dolly grip, Ross Addiego, who was present the day of the fatal accident, claimed he heard armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed state that Balwin’s gun was cleared before Hutchins was killed. The grip and her crew had issues related to other “negligent discharges” from prop guns while filming.
According to Addiego, Gutierrez-Reed was preparing one of six prop guns that were used during filming. The dolly grip claimed that while handling the prop guns, one of the revolvers fired a shot near Guiterrez-Reed’s foot.
Several minutes later, another prop gun allegedly discharged a bullet without warning at the cabin set. Addiego explained that prior to any prop gun being discharged on set, an announcement from assistant director Dave Halls was standard procedure.
After the string of irresponsible discharges, Addiego reported that six cameramen walked off the Rust set due to the gross negligence that occurred. Lane Luper, the head of the camera department, reportedly also wrote a letter to production regarding the numerous “negligent discharges.”
[Still waiting to see who gets charged for criminal conduct in this fatal shooting. — Ed]
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