Comment Alec Baldwin is suing the gunsmith and others associated with the movie “Rust” after he was given a loaded gun on the set of last year’s shooting, killing a cinematographer. Baldwin claims in the lawsuit that the shooting was caused by the negligence of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was in charge of guns and ammunition on set. assistant director Dave Halls, who handed the gun to Baldwin and said it was safe. Sarah Zachry, who was in charge of props. and Seth Kenney, who supplied the guns and ammo on set and assisted the gunsmith. Baldwin, who sued after the shooting, is “seeking to clear his name” and hold the defendants “accountable for their misconduct,” according to a countersuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court by his attorney actor, Luke Nikas. “This tragedy occurred because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun, Gutierrez-Reed failed to carefully check the bullets or the gun, Halls failed to carefully check the gun and yet announced that the gun was safe before giving it away to Baldwin. , and Zachry failed to disclose that Gutierrez-Reed had acted recklessly off set and posed a safety risk to those around her,” Nikas wrote. The Washington Post could not immediately reach the defendants Friday night. In October 2021, Baldwin was inside a church building at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New York, wielding the gun when it fell, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. It was unclear why the prop had live ammunition. According to interviews conducted by the Sante Fe County Sheriff’s Office, people on set saw and heard Hall retrieve a .45 Long Colt revolver from Gutierrez-Reed, announce that it was a “cold weapon” and give it to Baldwin. The term industry means there are no live rounds in a gun. A New Mexico medical examiner ruled Hutchins’ manner of death an accident after she was shot in the chest. An FBI report suggested that the gun could not fire without its trigger being pulled. FBI tests show gun in ‘Rust’ shooting could not fire without trigger pull Baldwin’s lawsuit is the latest since the shooting: Gutierrez-Reed sued Kenney, saying he was responsible for the actual ammunition on the set. Script supervisor Mamie Mitchell sued several, including Baldwin, Gutierrez-Reed, and Halls for workplace safety allegations. Matthew Hutchins, Halina Hutchins’ husband, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit this year against Baldwin and others involved in the production, seeking damages and punitive damages. The defendants settled the suit last month. On December 2nd, Alec Baldwin spoke with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos about the October 2021 filming on the set of ‘Rust’. (Video: Julie Yoon/The Washington Post) After news of the settlement, Matthew Hutchins called his wife’s death a “terrible accident.” “I have no interest in getting involved in accusations or assigning blame [to the producers or Mr. Baldwin],” Hutchins said in a statement last month after reaching a settlement with the actor. “We all believe Halina’s death was a terrible accident.” Alec Baldwin and others settle with family of Halina Hutchins in ‘Rust’ lawsuit. Filming will resume next year, according to the statement, with Matthew Hutchins as executive producer. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office turned over its investigative report to local prosecutors in October, but the results of the investigation are not public. Local prosecutors have not filed criminal charges in the shooting.
