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FILE - Alec Baldwin performs emcee duties astatine the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala astatine New York Hilton Midtown connected Dec. 9, 2021, successful New York. Baldwin said Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, immoderate proposition that he's not cooperating with a probe into past fall's shooting connected his movie acceptable that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is simply a lie. He responded via Instagram to stories that discussed wherefore authorities who served him with a hunt warrant for his telephone haven't gotten it yet. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

SANTA FE, N.M. – A caller suit accused an ammunition supplier Wednesday of creating unsafe conditions connected a movie acceptable wherever a weapon held by histrion Alec Baldwin killed a cinematographer, by including unrecorded ammunition successful a container that was expected to see lone dummy rounds.

The suit was filed successful New Mexico authorities territory tribunal by Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer who oversaw firearms, ammunition and related grooming connected the acceptable of “Rust" on with 2 colleagues. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died connected Oct. 21 from a gunshot coiled during a “Rust” rehearsal astatine a ranch connected the outskirts of Santa Fe successful bluish New Mexico.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office that is starring an probe into the origin of the decease has said it is excessively soon to find whether charges volition beryllium filed. Investigators person described “some complacency” successful however weapons were handled connected set.

The suit from Gutierrez Reed places blasted connected ammunition supplier Seth Kenney and his institution PDQ Arm & Prop for introducing unrecorded rounds to the acceptable wherever lone blanks and dummies were expected to beryllium present.

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“The instauration of unrecorded rounds onto the set, which nary 1 anticipated, combined with the rushed and chaotic atmosphere, created a cleanable tempest for a information incident," the suit states.

Kenney could not beryllium reached for comment. He has said antecedently that helium was definite his institution did not nonstop immoderate unrecorded rounds to the acceptable of “Rust.”

The suit adds caller details to the concatenation of custody for guns and ammunition connected the “Rust” acceptable connected Oct. 21, describing the quality of a caller container of ammunition — presumed to beryllium harmless dummy rounds with nary explosive — soon earlier a revolver was loaded and passed to Baldwin.

Baldwin has said helium didn’t cognize the weapon helium was holding contained a unrecorded circular erstwhile it went disconnected portion pointed astatine Hutchins. Investigators are trying to find wherever the unrecorded circular came from, searching the Albuquerque premises of PDQ Arm & Prop successful December.

The caller suit seeks damages astatine a assemblage proceedings connected allegations of unfair commercialized practices, introducing unsafe products, and mendacious labels and misrepresentation.

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It states that authorities recovered connected acceptable "a suspected 7 unrecorded rounds distributed wrong the ammo box, connected the ammo cart and successful the bandoliers.”

The suit besides accuses Kenney of inserting himself successful the investigations and attempting to implicate Gutierrez Reed.

Authorities recovered hundreds of rounds of ammunition astatine the “Rust” movie acceptable — a premix of blanks, dummy rounds and what appeared to beryllium unrecorded rounds.

Authorities person issued a hunt warrant for Baldwin's phone, seeking substance messages, images, videos, calls oregon immoderate different accusation related to the movie.

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