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"The AD “did not know live rounds were in the prop gun” and the weapon was readied by an armorer beforehand, the affidavit stated according to the Times."

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alec-baldwin-rust-assista...

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The guns were left on a table to be picked up by the assistant director. Anybody could have tampered with the guns.

This is possible but the monumental stupidity (and evil) of such a criminal act (with intent to harm) is off the charts. I am guessing you are implying a disgruntled union crew did that before they all left 6 hours before the shooting, so timing is also another issue with that theory.

In any event, they have the shell (with possible fingerprints), and prints on the guy as well. 3 people are supposed to have touched the gun (armorer, ad, and actor), and only 1 person's prints should be on the shell, the armorer. No doubt forensics will be important in this investigation.

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