After the shooting, armorer removed a spent casing before handing it to arriving deputies, according to the affidavit
Gutierrez, 24, was working as the armorer, or person in charge of firearms on the set. According to an affidavit filed by a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office detective, she prepared three prop guns and placed them on a cart outside the building where rehearsals were taking place.
“I was really nervous about it at first, and I almost didn’t take the job because I wasn’t sure if I was ready, but doing it, it went really smoothly,” Gutierrez told the “Voices of the West” podcast about Western films. Assistant director Halls, 62, grabbed one of the prop guns off the cart and took it inside to Baldwin, yelling “cold gun,” which on movie sets means the gun is not loaded with ammunition, including blanks, according to the detective’s affidavit.Article contentHalls did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On Sunday, NBC News and CNN quoted a Hollywood prop maker, Maggie Goll, as saying she had raised safety concerns about Halls when they worked together on Hulu’s “Into the Dark” television series in 2019.
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