The father of the young armorer from Alec Baldwin's movie Rust says the gun that Alec Baldwin used to kill Halyna Hutchins was 'sabotaged' by a disgruntled crew member who wanted to cause a safety incident after having complaints ignored but never intended for anyone to die.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 24, was the armorer on the set of the movie on October 21. She says she handed the gun to Assistant Director Dave Halls after checking it, and that he gave it to Baldwin who then accidentally fired it at Hutchins while rehearsing a scene.
No one has been arrested yet and the sheriff's department is still investigating what exactly happened.
Last week, Baldwin gave a tearful ABC interview where he said it was not his fault, but he couldn't say whose fault it was.
The set had been plagued with safety complaints in the days and hours before the shooting, with some disgruntled staff walking off in the hours before the accident.
Now, Hannah's father, veteran film armorer Thell Reed is speaking out in her defense and suggesting that a disgruntled crew member who was fed up with safety issues in set is to blame for the accident.
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Thell Reed, Hannah Gutierrez Reed's father, left, appeared on GMA on Tuesday with her attorney, Jason Bowles, right. They believe she was sabotaged
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 24. It was only her second movie where she was the lead armorer and she insists she checked the gun thoroughly
In his own interview with ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday, Reed said his daughter had been around guns her 'whole life' and does as 'good a job' as he does. He has worked on films like 3:10 to Yuma and other Westerns involving guns.
He maintains that had Hannah been in the church set when Baldwin was given the gun, she would have checked it a final time and found the live round that was placed in it.
'That one time, they should have had her on set...she would have found it. She knows what to do. She does the job as good as I do now,' he said.
Lawyer Jason Bowles said they have proof someone sabotaged her and have given it to the sheriff.
'Sabotage is the most likely possibility, probability. A lot of motive there. Somebody wanted to cause a safety incident on set... nobody wanted anybody to
