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Director of photography killed, movie director injured after Alec Baldwin discharged prop firearm

Bumped with a bit of the latest: production company dinged with fine ....
 
Various media outlets are reporting that the FBI forensic report on the Rust movie shooting contradicts Alex Baldwins statements that the he didn't pull the trigger of the gun.

‘Rust’ Gun Could Not Fire Without Trigger Pull, FBI Report States​

By Bruce Haring

August 13, 2022 1:41pm


Contradicting Alec Baldwin’s prior claims, the FBI forensic report on the Rust fatal shooting case claims that the gun used in the accident could not have been fired without pulling the trigger.

Baldwin, the film’s producer and lead actor, shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set last year. He said he believed he was handling a “cold gun” without live ammunition. However, when the gun fired, a live bullet struck Hutchins, killing her. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was also wounded in the shooting.

The FBI’s accidental discharge testing determined that .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver needed a trigger pull to fire. With the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger,” the report stated.

It added that the gun could not detonate “without a pull of the trigger when the hammer was struck directly.” Such response is normal for this type of revolver, the report stated.

The report, first carried by ABC-TV, contradicts what Baldwin claimed in a December interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Baldwin said then he didn’t pull the trigger on the gun.

“The trigger wasn’t pulled,” he said. “I didn’t pull the trigger.”

Representatives for Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who controlled weapons on the set, have not responded to the report.

Santa Fe County Sheriff’s investigators say that they received the FBI’s completed forensic reports August 2, which were then sent to New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator for review. “The OMI had advised the Sheriff’s Office that they required these forensic reports to finalize their investigation,” reads a release from the Sheriff’s Office, which received the reports Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Santa Fe County Sheriffs are still working with the Suffolk County Police Department and First Judicial District Attorney’s Office to get, process and disclose the Oscar-nominated Baldwin’s phone records. Once the office reviews the OMI files and Baldwin’s phone records, they’ll send the final Rust case file to the Santa Fe District Attorney’s office for final charging decisions.

“The District Attorney’s office has been working with Suffolk County PD and Baldwin’s lawyer to acquire the phone records. Once Suffolk County PD completes its agency assist and sends those records to New Mexico law enforcement, our detectives will need to then thoroughly review those phone records for evidentiary purposes,” Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said.

The Santa Fe District Attorney’s Office didn’t respond for a request for comment on the state of the probe.
Baldwin’s attorney said in April that the OSHA investigation “exonerates” Baldwin. The report (read a summary here) concluded that Rust Movie Productions LLC’s management “knew that firearm safety procedures were not being followed on set and demonstrated plain indifference to employee safety by failing to review work practices and take corrective action” when the fatal incident occurred October 21, when Baldwin, the star of such movies as The Aviator and Boss Baby, was given the all-clear by the First AD to discharge a prop gun, which took Hutchins’ life.

Recently, Rust script supervisor Mamie Mitchell’s lawsuit against Baldwin and other producers was rescheduled for September 28. Judge Michael E. Whitaker moved the hearing to give the plaintiff the option and time to file an amended complaint. Mitchell was standing next to Hutchins when she was fatally shot and claims extensive negligence on the New Mexico set and that the scene for Baldwin was rehearsing never called for him to fire the weapon.

Anthony D’alessandro and Dominic Patten contributed to this report.


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What most gun owners knew already. He better hope Trump gets re-elected. The only job Baldwin will be able to get is his recurring role on SNL.
 
Nah, he's a solid left leaning actor, he'll partner with Michael Moore make a movie about gun control based on his own stupid action that killed a woman, and leverage it into a multi-million dollar win. It'll blame the gun for having a trigger, and he and Moore will roll in the money.
 
Nah, he's a solid left leaning actor, he'll partner with Michael Moore make a movie about gun control based on his own stupid action that killed a woman, and leverage it into a multi-million dollar win. It'll blame the gun for having a trigger, and he and Moore will roll in the money.

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Nah, he's a solid left leaning actor, he'll partner with Michael Moore make a movie about gun control based on his own stupid action that killed a woman, and leverage it into a multi-million dollar win. It'll blame the gun for having a trigger, and he and Moore will roll in the money.
Sadly most likely true.
 
The latest (what the headlines miss is that Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film's armourer, is also facing charges) ....
 
The latest (what the headlines miss is that Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film's armourer, is also facing charges) ....
"Ummm well Mr B here's your sentence:

A years house arrest, and write an essay on proper drills to handle firearms. "


Then AB will cry at the harshness of the sentence.
 
"Ummm well Mr B here's your sentence:

A years house arrest, and write an essay on proper drills to handle firearms. "


Then AB will cry at the harshness of the sentence.
One of the 3 people responsible, David Halls, already pled guilty and got absolutely hammered with a 6-month probation sentence.
 
"Ummm well Mr B here's your sentence:

A years house arrest, and write an essay on proper drills to handle firearms. "


Then AB will cry at the harshness of the sentence.
He will wring his hat in front of cameras and microphones and profess that he is now reborn, and will do everything in his power to campaign for the banning of firearms. Conditions met, record expunged. Enjoy your millions.
 
Looks like the armorer is still facing charges.
 
I thought it was a weak case to start with brought on by a sense of, we can't let the big guy get away with it.

Sometimes the fact of the matter is that it is just the little guy's fault.

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