or person responsible for prop weapons was 24-year-old hanna gutierrez. on a podcast last month, gutierrez said she had recently finished her first job as head armorer on a film titled the old way with nicholas cage and that her father, an industry vet, had been teaching her about guns since she was 16. i was really nervous about it at first and i almost didn t take the job was i wasn t sure if i was ready but doing it, like, it went really smoothly. reporter: a crew member on the set of rust calls out the armorer s level of experience, and made claims of the producer s cost cutting in a public-facebook post writing, there is no way a 24-year-old woman can be a professional with armory. to save a dime sometimes, you hire people who are not fully qualified for the complicated and dangerous job. and the los angeles times reports there were accidental prop gun discharges on the rust set before thursday s shooting. on october 16th, baldwin s stunt
shows. director joel souza told investigators baldwin was sitting on a wooden pew, cross-drawing his weapon and pointing the revolver toward the camera lens when he heard what sound like a whip and then loud pop, according to the search warrant affidavit. souza remembers seeing blood and hearing his director of photography halyna hutchins complaining about her stomach and grabbing her midsection. souza was shot in the shoulder and hutchins was killed. this saul raising questions about on-set gun safety. the first thing that went wrong is that they used a gun that was capable of having live ammo put in it. reporter: on the rust set, there were concerns the armorer, or person responsible for prop weapons, was 24-year-old hannah gutierrez. on a podcast last month, gutierrez said she d recently finished her first job as head armorer on a film titled the old way with nicolas cage and her father, an industry vet, had been teaching her about guns
particular production, rust, was only her second time working as head armer. she recently completed work on a film with nicolas cage called the old way. that s what the podcast was interviewing her about in which she shared how she had doubts about whether she was ready to do this big job. take a listen. i just finished up working on the old way with nicolas cage. his very first western. i heard about that. and it it was also my first time being head armerer, as well. and how was that? you know, i was nervous at first and almost didn t take the job because i wasn t sure if i was ready. but doing it, like it went really smoothly. reporter: she also in the podcast admitted that she found loading blanks into a gun, quote, the scariest thing because she didn t know how to do it. she told interviews she had to call her dad and sort of ask for advice and help on that.
hospital. it s not clear where the armorer was during the shooting inasmuch she s 24 years old. we understand she was trained from the age of 16 by her father, the legendary gunsmith feld reid. she graduated from college a year ago and this was just her second time ever working as the head armorer on a film set. she previously worked on the old way with nicholas cage, and she gave a podcast interview about that experience which aired in september in which she shared some concerns about her ability to do the job. take a listen. i was really nervous about first and i almost didn t take the job because i wasn t sure if i was ready, but doing it, it went really smoothly. reporter: she also admitted in that same podcast interviewed she found loading blanks into a gun, quote, the sariest thing because she didn t know exactly how to do it and apparently had to ask her dad for some assistance. again, this was on a separate production of a nicholas cage