‘Rust’ Armorer Attorneys Blame Producers For ‘Unsafe’ Set

Last week it was Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy and today the second of what will likely be many lawsuits over the October 21 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin on the New Mexico set of the indie Western was filed by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell.

complaint in Los Angeles County superior court on Wednesday, according to Deadline. The suit seeks unspecified damages and a jury trial, saying that he’s suffered “severe emotional distress” as a direct result of the incident.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe gaffer on “Rust” felt a whoosh of air and heard the loudest shot he had ever heard on set, and then watched helplessly as his friend Halyna Hutchins faded away in his arms, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.Serge Svetnoy provided a detailed, first-hand account of the Oct. 21 shooting in a negligence suit against several defendants, including “Rust” star Alec Baldwin, the film’s producers, the armorer and first assistant director.

As New Mexico police continue their investigation into the October 21 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin, on the set of Rust, the first in what is expected to many lawsuits has been filed.

Alec Baldwin has stated that police officers should be employed on all film and TV sets that utilize guns.

source told Fox News.Last month, Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza with a weapon he thought was a “cold gun.”Images taken before the shooting and obtained by Fox show Gutierrez-Reed and two other women standing in a circle with a pair of Old West rifles and a revolver, with the barrel of one weapon laying against the abdomen of one woman and the other using her hip to prop up a gun.“People didn’t know the rules,” a source told

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The legal team for "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed is pushing back against concerns about her level of experience while questioning how – and why – live ammunition made it onto an Alec Baldwin movie set.

As the investigation into the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust" continues, clear discrepancies are emerging among crew members and producers like Alec Baldwin regarding the incident as well as conditions on set prior.  Baldwin, who was holding the gun that somehow fired a live round that resulted in the death of Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza, hasn’t said much about the shooting.

The woman in charge of weapons on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said Wednesday night that she had inspected the gun Baldwin shot but doesn’t know how a live bullet ended up inside.“Who put those in there and why is the central question,” Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer for the movie “Rust” said in a statement issued by one of her lawyers, Jason Bowles of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The lawyers for Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, have said they’re investigating whether someone was attempting to “sabotage the set” of the Alec Baldwin-led film, by putting a live bullet in a box of dummy rounds. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tragically killed after the 30 Rock star fired a prop gun, which has made Hannah part of the police investigation.

New allegations are being made regarding the tragic shooting that took place on the set of Rust.

The attorneys for the armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who is being investigated by the Santa Fe Sheriff’s department, in addition to the pic’s Assistant Director David Halls in the wake of DP Halyna Hutchins’ death from a prop gun discharged by Alec Baldwin, told the Today show this morning that they’re looking into whether a live bullet was placed in a box of dummy rounds with the intent of  “sabotaging the set.”

The armorer on the set of "Rust" offered a chilling theory through her attorneys about what led to the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.  Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was one of four people who handled the weapon prior to Alec Baldwin firing it while rehearsing a scene for the indie-western.

Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions.

Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the set of, the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, has broken her silence regarding the horrific tragedy.«First Hannah would like to extend her deepest and most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Halyna. She was an inspirational woman in film who Hannah looked up to.

A major player in the Rust tragedy is finally speaking out.

Hannah Gutierrez Reed spoke out to deny certain rumors about the on-set shooting involving Alec Baldwin that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead. Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the set of "Rust" who was responsible for the safety and handling of firearms on the set, is currently a main focus of the investigation into the death of Hutchins, according to Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the set of “Rust,” told investigators that live ammunition was not used on the set, according to a search warrant affidavit filed on Wednesday.David Halls, the first assistant director, also told investigators that he did not check all three rounds in a handgun before giving it to Alec Baldwin and declaring it a “cold gun.” He acknowledged he should have done so, according to the affidavit.“David advised when Hannah showed

Authorities recovered guns, ammunition and more from the set of "Rust" while investigating a deadly shooting that occurred during a rehearsal for the film, according to a warrant obtained by Fox News. Last Thursday, actor Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for the western-genre film on the New Mexico set when he discharged a firearm, resulting in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.