'Rust' armorer says she doesn't know how live ammo got on set, according to attorneys

the investigation into the fatal shooting on the set of rust zeroing in on key individuals, there's three people that handled the firearm prior to the death of MS Hutchins. Uh so uh those people are will be interviewed are the focus of the investigation and so uh nobody's been cleared as of yet. Actor alec Baldwin who fired the gun that killed the film's director of photography, Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza recently seen in these TMZ photos with his family keeping a low profile in Vermont Assistant director Dave Hall's who told authorities he handed ball when the gun during that rehearsal, an armorer Hannah Gutierrez who was in charge of weapons on the set according to investigators. All key to determining how a live round got on set. That's gonna be the million dollar question is how a live round ended up in the revolver. That Mr baldwin fired an affidavit for a search warrant for the prop truck where the guns was stored on set, reveal that Assistant director halls acknowledged he failed to fully checked the firearm When Gutierrez handed it to him saying halls could only remember seeing three rounds, he advised he should have checked all of them, but didn't, we're going to continue the investigation. We'd like to do some follow up interviews with Mr Hall's and get some clarification and exactly what he meant by that statement. The warrant also shows that Gutierrez told investigators no live ammo is ever kept on set that was a live round that struck me struck and killed MS Hutchins, so that is not an accurate statement. As far as I'm concerned, CNN has reached out to halls and Gutierrez for comment but has not gotten a response. I think there was some complacency on this set. The actions of halls and Gutierrez are key to investigators determining how and why live rounds were present and whether anyone will ultimately face criminal charges. Can we get to that bar of somehow proving that reckless standard that willful disregard? And it is, it's just simply far too early to say.

The gun supervisor for the film "Rust," on which a crew member was killed after a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin went off during rehearsal, has no idea where the real bullet came from, she says.Hannah Gutierrez was responding to "untruths that have been told to the media," a statement released Thursday night by her attorneys to NBC News said."Safety is Hannah's number one priority on set," reads the statement from attorneys Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence. "Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced. Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from."CNN reached out to Gutierrez's attorneys and the "Rust" production office Friday morning for comment.Two crew members from the upcoming Nicolas Cage film "The Old Way," which Gutierrez acknowledged in a podcast was her first film experience as head armorer, told CNN that they felt she had been reckless on that project.But on "Rust," the guns were locked up every night and at lunch, and Gutierrez had no idea how the live round that killed director of photography Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza got on set, Gutierrez's attorneys say in their statement."Hannah and the prop master gained control over the guns and she never witnessed anyone shoot live rounds with these guns and nor would she permit that," the statement said, according to NBC.The investigation into the deadly "Rust" incident is large and complex, Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies told CNN this week, and any reports of anyone shooting live rounds with the guns has not been confirmed. No one has been charged in the case."We don't know how those live rounds got there," the district attorney said Wednesday. "And I think that that will probably end up being kind of the linchpin for whether a decision is made about charges."Gutierrez's attorneys also blame the production for safety lapses, saying Gutierrez was hired to perform two jobs on the film and could not strictly focus on her duties as armorer."She fought for training, days to maintain weapons, and proper time to prepare for gunfire but ultimately was overruled by production and her department," the statement reads.This story has been updated to clarify Gutierrez's work on "The Old Way" was her first film as head armorer.

The gun supervisor for the film "Rust," on which a crew member was killed after a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin went off during rehearsal, has no idea where the real bullet came from, she says.

Hannah Gutierrez was responding to "untruths that have been told to the media," a statement released Thursday night by her attorneys to NBC News said.

"Safety is Hannah's number one priority on set," reads the statement from attorneys Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence. "Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced. Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from."

CNN reached out to Gutierrez's attorneys and the "Rust" production office Friday morning for comment.

Two crew members from the upcoming Nicolas Cage film "The Old Way," which Gutierrez was her first film experience as head armorer, that they felt she had been reckless on that project.

But on "Rust," the guns were locked up every night and at lunch, and Gutierrez had no idea how the live round that killed director of photography Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza got on set, Gutierrez's attorneys say in their statement.

"Hannah and the prop master gained control over the guns and she never witnessed anyone shoot live rounds with these guns and nor would she permit that," the statement said, according to NBC.

The investigation into the deadly "Rust" incident is large and complex, Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies told CNN this week, and any reports of anyone shooting live rounds with the guns has not been confirmed. No one has been charged in the case.

"We don't know how those live rounds got there," the district attorney said Wednesday. "And I think that that will probably end up being kind of the linchpin for whether a decision is made about charges."

Gutierrez's attorneys also blame the production for safety lapses, saying Gutierrez was hired to perform two jobs on the film and could not strictly focus on her duties as armorer.

"She fought for training, days to maintain weapons, and proper time to prepare for gunfire but ultimately was overruled by production and her department," the statement reads.

This story has been updated to clarify Gutierrez's work on "The Old Way" was her first film as head armorer.

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