‘Rust’ Armorer Faults Investigators for Not Testing Rounds for DNA
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn attorney for “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed faulted Sheriff’s investigators on Thursday for not doing a DNA test on the rounds found on set.Jason Bowles, Gutierrez Reed’s lawyer, urged the lead investigator in an email on Thursday to reconsider, saying that the lack of testing could become “a very significant issue at trial, if we get there.”Gutierrez Reed loaded the Colt .45 revolver that Alec Baldwin was holding when he shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct.
21 while preparing for a scene. Baldwin had been told that the gun was “cold,” and investigators have sought to determine why it was loaded with a live round, rather than dummy rounds.Seven other live rounds were also found on the set.
In a lawsuit, Gutierrez Reed has pointed the finger at Seth Kenney, the supplier who provided dummy rounds used on set. Kenney has denied that the live rounds came from him.The FBI completed its forensic report on the gun and the rounds earlier this month, bringing the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s investigation closer to its conclusion.
Once the investigation is complete, the local district attorney will make a decision on whether to file charges in Hutchins’ death.In an email on Thursday morning, Bowles asked Det.
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