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Alec Baldwin demands the presence of Police in film shoots in which weapons are used

Alec Baldwin asked this Monday that from now on be required the presence of a policeman in film and television shoots using weaponsTrue or false, following the accident in which the actor shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Baldwin, who first posted the message on his Twitter account (now private) and later on his public Instagram profile, explained that the function of the security agent would be exclusively “to monitor the safety of the weapons” in the study.

New Mexico authorities continue to investigate what went wrong so that last month, during the rehearsal of a scene, Baldwin fired a revolver that was loaded with a real bullet that killed Hutchins and wounded the film’s director., Joel Souza.

The Sheriff of the Santa Fe town, Adan Mendoza, said two weeks ago that he had found about 500 rounds of ammunition, including a mixture of “blank cartridges, fake bullets and real bullets.”

Faced with questions from the press about the possible legal responsibility of Baldwin, who in addition to being the protagonist of the film is one of the producers, the sheriff stressed that “nothing is ruled out.”

Researchers know that the gun passed through two other hands before reaching Baldwin: Dave Halls, the assistant director, and Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the production gunsmith.

The gunsmith’s lawyers insist that their client never knew of the existence of live ammunition or knew where it came from, and even hinted during an interview that someone might try to sabotage the recording when introducing live bullets into the study.

According to his testimony, Gutierrez Reed loaded the pistol with bullets that were in a box labeled “false ammunition.” For his part, the assistant director admitted that he did not properly check the gun before handing it over to Baldwin shouting “cold gun”, which in Hollywood slang is used to confirm that the gun is unloaded for use. .

The statements of team members who worked on the filming of ‘Rust’ describe a precarious work environment in which protests piled up and for which half a dozen employees resigned on the same day of the accident.

In fact, the day after Hutchins passed away, a worker was attacked by a poisonous spider while he was picking up the set and could lose his arm, the New York Post reported this Sunday.

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