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Alec Baldwin pointed gun ‘against all rules and common sense,’ movie armorer says

“Mr. Baldwin knew that he may by no means level a firearm at crew members below any circumstances and had an obligation of security to his fellow crew members,” Gutierrez Reed mentioned.
“But he did level the gun at Halyna earlier than the deadly incident in opposition to all guidelines and customary sense.”
Baldwin’s model of the moments that led as much as the deadly taking pictures final October in New Mexico included an arbitration demand filed by Baldwin’s lawyer and obtained by CNN. In it, Baldwin claimed he requested Hutchins if he ought to cock the gun and that she advised him to do it.
Gutierrez Reed mentioned Baldwin and others on the set of a church “had an obligation and accountability to name Hannah in for inspection of the gun and security instruction earlier than any gun scene was performed.”
“Hannah was not referred to as into the Church earlier than the impromptu gun scene rehearsal and she or he ought to have been,” the assertion mentioned.
Gutierrez Reed mentioned she had no data of what was occurring contained in the church set that day and Baldwin was answerable for serving to preserve the protection of the crew.
In Balwin’s submitting, the actor mentioned he requested Hutchins whether or not she wished to see him cock the gun, because the script required — and that she mentioned sure.
“Baldwin tipped the gun down considerably in order that the lens of the digital camera would be capable to deal with his hand’s motion on the highest of the gun,” the submitting mentioned.
“Whereas performing this motion, Baldwin requested Hutchins, ‘Am I holding it too far down?’ and ‘Do you see that?’ Hutchins responded that she may see Baldwin’s motion from her angle. Baldwin then pulled again the hammer, however not far sufficient to really cock the gun. When Baldwin let go of the hammer, the gun went off.”
In a press release, attorneys for Hutchins’ household accused Baldwin of “making an attempt to keep away from legal responsibility and accountability for his reckless actions.”
“Baldwin’s disclosure of non-public texts with Matt Hutchins is irrelevant to his demand for arbitration and fails to exhibit something aside from Hutchins’ dignity in his engagement with Baldwin,” the household assertion mentioned.
“It’s shameful that Baldwin claims Hutchins’ actions in submitting a wrongful dying lawsuit derailed the completion of ‘Rust.’ The one motion that ended the movie’s manufacturing was Baldwin’s killing of Halyna Hutchins.”
The actor’s authorized submitting Friday included quite a few textual content messages between Baldwin and Hutchins’ husband following the taking pictures.
The submitting additionally mentioned since October Baldwin had “provided consolation and assist to Matthew Hutchins and his son, in addition to constructive enter in direction of a settlement of the case.”
“He has labored extensively to search out methods to assist Hutchins and his son,” Baldwin’s submitting mentioned. “It’s that very same spirit that renders Baldwin reluctant to contradict a few of Matthew Hutchins’ public statements. Sadly, given the character of Hutchins’ accusations in opposition to Baldwin, he has no alternative.”
The courtroom doc additionally claimed when Baldwin arrived on the New Mexico set, he underwent a coaching session with Gutierrez Reed and he understood from that session he didn’t have to test the gun for reside ammunition.
“Reed didn’t instruct Baldwin to test the gun himself. In truth, she advised Baldwin that it was her job to test the gun — not his,” the doc mentioned.
“Equally, Baldwin believed, based mostly on prior gun security coaching he obtained on film units, that actors mustn’t unilaterally test weapons for reside ammunition. If actors wish to test a gun for their very own peace of thoughts, they need to solely test the gun with the armorer carefully supervising the method. In different phrases, actors could collectively examine a gun with the armorer, however by no means on their very own.”
However Gutierrez Reed, in her assertion Saturday, mentioned she encountered “fixed resistance” from Baldwin and manufacturing employees throughout her time on the set.
“Hannah emphasised the significance of coaching Mr. Baldwin within the cross draw, which is harmful,” the assertion mentioned. “He by no means accepted the supply and Hannah was not in a position to conduct that coaching in addition to different coaching she wished to do, due to budgeting and being overruled by manufacturing.”
CNN has sought remark from a consultant for Rust Film Productions LLC.
CNN’s Ray Sanchez contributed to this report.

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Texas flood death toll rises as search continues for victims – UPI.com

A young girl carries a stuffed bear during a vigil for those lost in the Texas floods at the “Wall of Hope” fence memorial in Kerrville, Texas, on Friday. Photo by Dustin Safranek/EPA
July 12 (UPI) — More than 2,100 searchers from a dozen Texas Counties, other states and Mexico are continuing recovery efforts to find more victims of the deadly flash flooding in central Texas.
The confirmed-deaths toll rose to 129 with 170 still missing after officials in Travis and Kerr counties reported the recovery of more bodies, USA Today reported.
Most of the dead, 103, were found in Kerr County, including 36 children and 67 adults.
Among those missing is Volunteer Fire Chief Michael Phillips, whose rescue vehicle was swept away when flash flooding struck Burnet County.
Search crews later found the vehicle, but Phillips was not inside.
“Specialist teams and equipment continue to deploy into the search area and work themselves to exhaustion or until nightfall in the effort to find him,” the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office announced on Saturday, according to USA Today.
Many states and Mexico sent entire first responder teams, including Indiana, which deployed personnel from 15 fire and police departments to help the recovery effort, The New York Times reported.
Many volunteer groups also traveled to Kerr County, where most search efforts are focused.
“It’s overwhelming to see so many people come and help in the search,” Kerrville, Texas, resident Amy Vanlandingham told The New York Times.
“This is our town,” she said. “I do it so I can sleep.”
The Guadalupe River’s flash flooding during the early morning hours of July 4 decimated several local camps and other popular visitor destinations on one of their busiest days of the year.
The bodies of victims likely are situated in debris fields located along more than 100 miles of narrow and shallow valleys along the Guadalupe River in the mostly rural area of Texas Hill Country.
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and others visited Kerr County on Friday to assess the situation and better gauge the need for federal assistance.
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'Helping every dang soul': Beloved camp director was among those lost in Texas flooding

Just after the summer session ended in late June, Heart O’ the Hills camper Sydney Sutton sent this photo to the camp’s director, Jane Ragsdale, who was killed in the July 4 flooding in Kerr County, Texas.
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Jane Ragsdale spent her summers by the Guadalupe, the very river that killed her a week ago today in the catastrophic July Fourth flood. Mention her name in Kerrville, Texas, this week, and folks tend to do two things: tear up and smile.
“I mean I can’t tell you how many people, acquaintances of mine say, ‘My dear, dear friend died.’ And then they said, ‘Did you know Jane Ragsdale?’ and I say, ‘Yeah, I did,’ ” said Karen Taylor, who lives in nearby Hunt, Texas. For her, Ragsdale was West Kerr County personified.
“Everybody’s friendly here, but she embodied that friendliness and generosity and love for others. I just can’t imagine life without her,” Taylor said.

Ragsdale, who was in her late 60s, did a lot of things, but she’s best known as the owner and director of Heart O’ the Hills camp for girls. She was born into the business.

Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O’ the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County, Texas. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.
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Her family bought a boys’ camp, Camp Stewart in 1966, the year Ragsdale turned 9. They bought Heart O’ the Hills about a decade later. Ragsdale helped run it from the start. By 1988, she was in charge.
Unlike Camp Mystic, the girls camp where at least 27 perished when the deluge hit, Heart O’ the Hills was between sessions. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.

“I’ve never in my life met someone like Jane,” said Kathy Simmons, who was a good friend of Ragsdale’s.
Simmons was at Heart O’ the Hills picking up her granddaughter just the week before the flood, on the last night the camp was open.
“We had a candlelight service on the river at 9 p.m., and it was so beautiful. There were prayers and there were songs,” Simmons said. “Jane always led the children in songs. And every one of those girls and those counselors absolutely idolized her.”

After Heart O’ the Hills camper Sydney Sutton sent a photo of herself to Jane Ragsdale, the camp director wrote this letter back to Sydney.
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The summer camps on the Guadalupe River in Kerr County are institutions. Generations of girls and boys go through them, often forming life-long attachments. Simmons considered Ragsdale the heart and soul of her camp, both spiritual leader and educator.
“I mean, Jane taught these girls how to change a tire, how to ride a horse, how to swim, how to shoot a gun, archery, cooking. I mean, the necessities of life,” Simmons said.
In the off-season, when she wasn’t running the camp, Ragsdale often traveled to Guatemala, where she volunteered as an interpreter and a project organizer. It was mission work she started doing when she was 19 and studying journalism. She was a badass. But she was also about the sweetest person in town.
“Jane was one of the most genuine, kind, honest people and very intelligent, very warm,” recalls Mindy Wendele, president and CEO of the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce. “She had a smile that you knew Jane Ragsdale was smiling at you.”
Wendele grew up with Ragsdale, who she describes as a real go-getter: deeply involved in the Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the local liberal arts college, a class leader in high school.
“Anytime that we were out with Jane and her family at Heart O’ the Hills, we had just a fabulous time, just fabulous memories out there,” Wendele said.
Now, with some of the camps and almost all of the riverfront in ruins, Kerr County faces a monumental clean-up and rebuilding effort.
Another reason to miss Jane Ragsdale.
“Oh, she would be out there volunteering. She would be out there clearing property,” Simmons said. “She would have her boots on, her gloves on, she would be helping every dang soul that needed to be helped.”
So the flood took one of Kerr County’s most capable citizens, but Ragsdale’s influence on the community and the girls who came through Heart O’ the Hills camp is going to last a long time.
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