Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced. 29, Gutierrez-Reed's lawyers said, "Safety is Hannah's number one priority on set. "During the course of filming, Hannah advised she handed the gun to Alec Baldwin a couple times, and also handed it to David Halls," the document said. "When.asked about live ammo on set, Hannah responded no live ammo is ever kept on set." 25.Īccording to the other search warrant affidavit, Gutierrez-Reed told police she'd "checked the 'dummies' and ensured they were not 'hot' rounds." Reid stated once was on the ground, medics began to tend to her injury," according to a warrant obtained by E! News on Oct. Joel said he was looking over the shoulder of , when he heard what sounded like a whip and then loud pop."Ĭameraman Reid Russell told police that after the firearm was discharged, "he remembered Joel having blood on his person, and speaking and saying she couldn't feel her legs. According to Joel, it was his belief the gun being used in the rehearsal was safe and used the term 'cold gun' when explaining the firearm safety announcements." Souza told police that the cast and crew took a lunch break and that after they resumed rehearsal, he was unsure if the firearm used by Baldwin had been checked again for safety.Īccording to the affidavit, "Joel stated they had Alec sitting in a pew in a church building setting, and he was practicing a cross draw. In another search warrant affidavit, another detective stated that "Joel said the rehearsal entailed actor Alec Baldwin cross drawing his weapon," meaning to draw it across his body, "and pointing the revolver towards the camera lens. Halls "did not know live rounds were in the prop-gun," when he gave it to Baldwin, the affidavit states. The detective said that Baldwin then fired, striking Hutchins and Souza, who was behind her.
45 revolver with a modified cylinder which "may not be functioning," as well as a "plastic, non-functioning revolver," police said.Īlso sent to the lab: About 500 rounds of ammunition found on the scene, which the sheriff said was a "mix of blanks, dummy rounds and what we are suspecting live rounds." In addition to the firearm used by Baldwin, authorities also found two other guns: a Colt Single Action Army. for analysis and that the results, which are pending, will reveal the weight of the projectile that was recovered from Souza's shoulder and "whether or not it is was fired from that actual firearm" handled by Baldwin. Sheriff Mendoza said evidence collected at the scene was sent to the FBI crime lab in Quantico, Va. Souza. We regard this specific spent casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by Mr. The actual lead projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of Mr. We also believe that we have the spent shell casing from the bullet that was fired from the gun. "This is the firearm we believe discharged the bullet. Baldwin," the sheriff said the news conference. Director of Photography Michael Margulies is responsible for the atmospheric footage of the mean streets in New York City, a fitting background for Hammer's mission of vengeance, and Asher Brauner, as a connected thug and John Considine as attorney for mob bigwigs give pleasing performances as do Dobson and Pickett, but the scenario is predictable with Hammer irresistible and invincible in turn and Nelson Riddle's scoring is one of his least inventive, these the primary drawbacks in a film that nonetheless generates very few tedious segments."We believe we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by Mr. The obsessive zeal with which Hammer attempts to discover whomever is responsible for the murder of his best friend is earnestly depicted by Dobson as his character balks at taking a recess from a search that leads to confrontations with the Police Department and organized crime, resulting in his exposure of political corruption, all the while wooing various highly attractive and readily consenting women. Detective Captain Pat Chambers (Charles Hallahan).
was nominated in 1981 for an Edgar as author of the teleplay for this entertaining film featuring Kevin Dobson as Mike Hammer, hardened New York private investigator created by Mickey Spillane, loosely based upon Spillane's first novel: "I, The Jury", (the movie being a pilot for a television series that did not happen) and including characters who recur in the Hammer series, such as his Girl Friday, Velda (Cindy Pickett) and N.Y.P.D.