Alec Baldwin wasn’t the one actor on the “Rust” film set with stay ammunition … one other actor was discovered to have a stay bullet in his gun holster.
The bombshell information was simply dropped in courtroom in the present day as a part of crime scene technician Marissa Poppell‘s testimony in Alec’s ongoing manslaughter trial down in New Mexico.
Poppell instructed the jury actor Jensen Ackles additionally had a stay bullet on set … the ammo was in his bandolier … and he was on set the day cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot.
Keep in mind … Alec’s protection crew, led by Alex Spiro, says it wasn’t his job as an actor to ensure there was no stay ammo in his gun. Alec’s additionally stated the gun went off with out him squeezing the set off.
Photographs of stay ammo discovered on the “Rust” set have been additionally proven in courtroom Thursday … and the bullets look strikingly just like dummy rounds.
The one slight distinction is stay bullets have a silver heart as seen from the underside and the dummy rounds have a gold heart.
So, even when Alec checked the revolver it would not appear probably he would be capable of inform the distinction between dummy rounds and stay ammo.
Spiro requested Poppell if she had any cause to suppose Jensen knew there was a stay spherical in his gun holster and he or she stated no … the implication being Alec wouldn’t have identified a couple of stay spherical in his gun both.
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Along with a stay bullet in Alec’s gun and one in Jensen’s gun holster, stay ammo was additionally present in a prop cart and a field of ammo.
Value noting … armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has already been discovered responsible of manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in jail based mostly on her failure to make sure Alec’s gun did not have any stay ammo. She’s anticipated to testify Friday.
