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The documents include a search warrant for the
premises of a local supplier of ammunition and movie props.
The supplier told police he suspected that the live bullets
found on the set may have been "reloaded ammunition" that he got
previously from a friend. Reloaded ammunition is made up of
recycled components, including bullets.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel
Souza was wounded when a gun that actor Alec Baldwin had been
told was safe fired off a live bullet during a rehearsal on Oct.
21.
The key question remains how a live bullet, rather than a blank,
ended up in the gun. Other live rounds were also found on the
set, investigators have said.
No criminal charges have been filed.
The newly released documents said Santa Fe sheriff's deputies
had spoken with Seth Kenny, who supplied some of the ammunition
for "Rust," and who "advised he may know where the live rounds
came from."
"Seth described how a couple years back, he received 'reloaded
ammunition' from a friend," the document said.
Kenny's office and storerooms in Albuquerque were the subject of
a search warrant. Kenny could not be reached for comment on
Tuesday.
Sheriff's deputies said they also had spoken with Thell Reed,
the father of Hannah Gutierrez, the woman who was in charge of
weapons on the movie set.
Thell, who is also a movie armorer, told them he worked with
Kenny earlier this year on another film and supplied some
additional live ammunition for training on a firearms range.
Thell said some of the live ammunition from that film was left
over and remained in Kenny's possession. "Thell stated that this
ammunition may match the ammunition found on the set of 'Rust.'"
Two crew members have filed civil lawsuits over the fatal
shooting, alleging negligence on the part of the producers and
others.
Baldwin has said he is heartbroken and is cooperating with the
law enforcement investigation. Production company Rust Movie
Productions is conducting its own probe.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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