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Alec Baldwin ignored 'Rust' armorer's request to attend 'cross draw training' just days before the shooting, lawsuit says
The actor Alec Baldwin ignored a request to attend "cross draw training" just days before he fatally shot a cinematographer on the set of "Rust," according to a new lawsuit filed by the film's armorer.
The armorer, 24-year-old Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the film's ammo supplier, alleging the company's owner had mixed live ammunition with dummy rounds before providing it to the film crew.
The lawsuit said Gutierrez-Reed asked Baldwin to schedule the training on October 15, less than a week before the fatal shooting, but she never heard back from the actor.
Gutierrez-Reed's lawsuit said she was not inside the mock church when Baldwin shot Hutchins on the afternoon of October 21, because she believed that no gun-related rehearsing was underway. She also knew that the film set's COVID-19 protocols advised against large numbers of people crowding inside an enclosed space, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit added that no one called Gutierrez-Reed back into the church when Baldwin began rehearsing the scene, which involved a cross draw, even though her presence was required for any gun-related filming or rehearsing.
"Hannah did not see the weapon, nor did she have custody of it for approximately 15 minutes," the lawsuit said.
Inside that 15-minute window was when Baldwin began practicing a "cross-draw," in which he would grab the gun from his shoulder holster with his opposite hand and withdraw it, according to the lawsuit.
The actor Alec Baldwin ignored a request to attend "cross draw training" just days before he fatally shot a cinematographer on the set of "Rust," according to a new lawsuit filed by the film's armorer.
The armorer, 24-year-old Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the film's ammo supplier, alleging the company's owner had mixed live ammunition with dummy rounds before providing it to the film crew.
The lawsuit said Gutierrez-Reed asked Baldwin to schedule the training on October 15, less than a week before the fatal shooting, but she never heard back from the actor.
Gutierrez-Reed's lawsuit said she was not inside the mock church when Baldwin shot Hutchins on the afternoon of October 21, because she believed that no gun-related rehearsing was underway. She also knew that the film set's COVID-19 protocols advised against large numbers of people crowding inside an enclosed space, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit added that no one called Gutierrez-Reed back into the church when Baldwin began rehearsing the scene, which involved a cross draw, even though her presence was required for any gun-related filming or rehearsing.
"Hannah did not see the weapon, nor did she have custody of it for approximately 15 minutes," the lawsuit said.
Inside that 15-minute window was when Baldwin began practicing a "cross-draw," in which he would grab the gun from his shoulder holster with his opposite hand and withdraw it, according to the lawsuit.