Quinton Tarantino caused a sturb by claiming that although Alec Baldwin is not entirely responsible for helina hain's death on the rust set he shares some of the blame during Sunday's episode of Bill Mayer's podcast Club random The Pulp Fiction director discussed the 2021 tragedy attributing 90% of the blame to armor Haner Reed and assigning the rest to baldwi the armor the person in charge of the gun is 90% responsible for everything that happens with the gun but the ACT is 10% responsible Tarantino remarked he emphasized you share some level of responsibility Tarantino also noted that actors should personally check their firearms to ensure there are no bullets or problems before using them in scenes in July a New Mexico judge dismissed Baldwin's manslaughter case after prosecutors were found to have improperly filed crucial evidence effectively hiding it from his defense team this unexpected ruling came after a lengthy Nong jury hearing guarding bullets that should have been part of the evidence Baldwin's lawyers argued that these had been concealed and buried in another case File the trial had been derailed by this issue as Baldwin had pleaded not guilty to to counts of involuntary manslaughter for allegedly firing alive round during the rust set incident in October 2021 prosecutors intended to present evidence showing that the firearm could not have fired without a pull of the trigger and was functioning normally prior to the shooting in April duer Reed the onset armorer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Hutchin death and sentenced to 18 months in jail she is serving her sentence at the Santa County Adult Detention Facility and was expected to testify in Baldwin's case in October 2021 Baldwin was practicing a crossdraw maneuver with a revolver when it discharged killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel soua Baldwin who pleaded not guilty claimed the gun went off accident mentally after he pointed it at Hutchins and cocked the hammer leading to the discharge the night before six camera crew members had quit over safety concerns Baldwin faced charges twice in connection with Hutchins death prosecutors initially dropped the charges but refiled them following a new analysis of the gun Baldwin had pointed at Hutchins following the 2021 shooting rust resumed filming in Montana under a deal with hutchins's husband Matthew Hutchins who became an executive producer the completed film has not yet been publicly released