Er, the account of a "cold gun" call did not appear in any direct testimony in the Sheriff's Office material. It was an assertion by LE in an application for a search warrant, and then picked up and echo chambered by the media. I give the exact quote and page number back in this thread somewhere.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Movement in the case:
Criminal Case Against ‘Rust’ Armorer Moves Forward as Judge Rejects Dismissal
The weapons supervisor who loaded the gun before handing it off to Alec Baldwin will face a weeklong hearing next Wednesday to decide if the case will go to trial.
We should be able to learn quite a bit more from that hearing, if it happens.
That doesn't surprise me. It is pretty common for a defendant to waive PH. I thought there was a chance she might want to go through with it, but I assume that her attorneys were confident that she would be bound over for trial anyway. So it was best to keep that testimony out of the public eye for now.No hearing, going straight to trial:
Armorer in "Rust" fatal shooting waives preliminary hearing, clearing case for trial
“Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Friday, clearing the case to proceed to trial in the 2021 shooting death of the film’swww.abqjournal.com
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Yes, a MUCH more thorough and professional report. We will see what the prosecutor does with it.
One more indication of a sloppy operation, methinks.
Possibly. The guns were rented if I remember correctly. It would be interesting to know the condition they were in when they arrived on set. Since the guns were only props (in theory only to be used with blanks and dummy rounds) perhaps cleaning the barrels of power residue fouling was not a priority since HGR was stretched thin on time due to her other duties. Not sure. But this sounds like a very dirty barrel.
In the civil suit complaint that Hannah filed against the prop house, she claimed that she cleaned the weapon shortly before handing it to Dave Halls.
I have the same question: How is that exculpatory as to HGR?The news about this case has died down, but there's a recent article out.
‘Rust’ Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Claims She Was Denied Additional Gun Training
The state is looking to continue its investigation into the shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Although charges against actor Alec Baldwin, who fired the gun, were filed in January 2023 and dropped in April 2023, special prosecutors revealed that it is still...www.yahoo.com
In recent filings the prosecutors say they want to investigate if Hannah Gutierrez was denied sufficient time to train Alec Baldwin.
"Ms. Gutierrez alleges she made requests for additional armorer days and for additional time to provide gun handling training to Mr. Baldwin...Ms. Gutierrez asserts that it is her belief these requests were denied for financial/budgetary reasons."
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"As this Court is aware, the special prosecutors have a duty to investigate potentially exculpatory evidence, and as to Ms. Gutierrez, if it is proven true, it is exculpatory."
I'm not sure how exactly this would exonerate HGR from loading a live bullet into a prop gun. But I suspect the prosecutor's real motivation is to find out if Baldwin was the one responsible for cutting back on the firearm training he was supposed to receive.
