Gutierrez Reed's father, Thell Reed, an esteemed Hollywood weapons expert, told a detective on November 15 that he had worked with Kenney on an unnamed film late this summer and that they provided training for the actors at a firing range, as noted in the affidavit. Gutierrez Reed told sheriff's investigators that ammunition for 'Rust' came from various sources, including Kenney, while other crew members also identified a man known only as 'Billy Ray.' No further information on Billy Ray's identity has been shared. Kenney said the ammunition 'stuck out to him, due to the suspected live round to have a cartridge with the Starline Brass logo on it,' according to the affidavit. Kenney also mentored the film's rookie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, pictured above
The warrant states that Kenney contacted authorities late last month and told them that the live rounds on the set may have come from 'handmade reloaded rounds' that he got years ago from a friend, who also happened to be the father of Rust's rookie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, KOAT 7 reported.ĭetectives had approved a search warrant to probe Seth Kenney, a 51-year-old Hollywood veteran who was supposed to provide the film with dummy rounds. New Mexico investigators were granted permission to search Kenney's business PDQ Arm & Prop, LLC, an ammunition store in an Albuquerque strip mall, to determine if the bullet that killed Hutchins matches any Kenney has in stock, according to the Los Angeles Times. Investigators there continue to probe Hutchins' death, and have yet to file any criminal charges.
The fatal gunshot that Alec Baldwin fired on the set of Rust, accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, may have been a homemade bullet that a New Mexico armorer supplied from a previous film where the makeshift ammunition was used to train actors at a firing range, according to court documents filed Tuesday.ĭetectives are investigating whether Seth Kenney, a 51-year-old Hollywood veteran who was supposed to provide the film with dummy rounds and blanks, may have sent recycled bullets from a previous set, according to an affidavit filed by the Sante Fe County Sheriff's Office.