The ammunition, however, was left unsecured on a cart. When the crew broke for lunch, the guns used for filming were locked in a safe inside the props storage truck, Gutierrez Reed said. "To save a dime sometimes, you hire people who are not fully qualified for the complicated and dangerous job," Svetnoy said in a Facebook post. The film's gaffer, Serge Svetnoy, earlier faulted the movie's producers for "negligence." Others have raised questions about the production. They have previously said that they are cooperating with the police investigation. He called the production "an accident waiting to happen."Ī spokesperson for the producers of "Rust" didn't immediately respond to emails Friday. Zoromski said those are "two really big jobs" that couldn't be combined. Zoromski earlier told The Los Angeles Times that he declined an offer to work on "Rust" because producers insisted that one person could serve as both assistant prop master and armorer.
The whole production set became unsafe due to various factors, including lack of safety meetings. "She fought for training, days to maintain weapons, and proper time to prepare for gunfire but ultimately was overruled by production and her department.
"Hannah was hired on two positions on this film, which made it extremely difficult to focus on her job as an armorer," they said. It was unclear whether live rounds were encountered. Investigators with the Santa Fe Sheriff's Office declined to provide further information about the newly seized weapons and ammunition. Industry experts have said live rounds should never be on set.Īdditional ammunition, a dozen revolvers and a rifle were more recently seized in the search of a white truck used for storing props including firearms, according to an inventory list filed Friday in court. Investigators initially found 500 rounds of ammunition - a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and what appeared to be live rounds. 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."ĭuring a news conference Wednesday, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said there was "some complacency" in how weapons were handled on the set of "Rust." "Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from. "Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced," said attorneys Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence in a statement.
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