'I think there was some complacency on this set, and I think there are some safety issues that need to be addressed by the industry and possibly by the state of New Mexico.” “Obviously I think the industry has had a record recently of being safe,' Mendoza said. Investigators found 500 rounds of ammunition - a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and what appeared to be live rounds, even though the set's firearms specialist, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, said there should never have been real ammo present. 21 shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” accounts and images released in court documents, interviews and social media postings have portrayed much of what happened during the tragedy, but they have yet to answer the key question: how live ammunition wound up in a real gun being used as a movie prop, despite precautions that should have prevented it.ĭuring a news conference Wednesday, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said there was “some complacency” in how weapons were handled on the set.

Responders flew Hutchins in a helicopter to a hospital, to no avail.Ī week after the Oct. Lighting specialist Serge Svetnoy said he held her as she was dying, her blood on his hands. Sheriff: ‘Lead Projectile' Recovered From ‘Rust' Director's ShoulderĪ medic began trying to save Hutchins as people streamed out of the building and called 911.