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An sa国际传媒官网网页入口 arms supplier who testified Monday in the trial of 鈥淩ust鈥� armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed denied providing live ammunition to the production prior to a fatal shooting on the New Mexico movie set.

Seth Kenney, owner of PDQ Arm & Prop, also said that 鈥渄ummy鈥� ammunition was in short supply because two other Westerns were in production when filming started on 鈥淩ust.鈥�

Kenney acknowledged that law enforcement who searched his business found live .45-caliber ammunition in the weeks after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Kenney made the statements on the eighth day of testimony in the trial of Gutierrez Reed, 26, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Hutchins鈥� death. The trial is expected to continue through Wednesday in 1st Judicial District Court in Santa Fe before Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer.

Actor Alec Baldwin, the movie鈥檚 star and co-producer, was holding a prop Colt .45 pistol on Oct. 21, 2021, when it discharged during a rehearsal on the New Mexico movie set. The round killed Hutchins, 42, and injured director Joel Souza.

Baldwin was indicted in January on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in Hutchins鈥� death and is scheduled for trial in July.

The question of how live ammunition arrived on the movie set is a central issue in Gutierrez Reed鈥檚 trial.

Prosecutors allege that Gutierrez Reed provided ammunition for the production that included live rounds and loaded one of those rounds into Baldwin鈥檚 prop firearm.

Gutierrez Reed鈥檚 attorney, Jason Bowles, has argued in court filings that Kenney provided the live rounds in a box of dummy ammunition he supplied to the set.

Kenny acknowledged that he provided a box of 50 harmless dummy rounds to the set on Oct. 12, 2021, but denied that the box contained any live rounds.

Kenney testified that he had been in frequent contact with Gutierrez Reed and prop master Sarah Zachry throughout the production.

Kenney told jurors that Gutierrez Reed had contacted him about supplying .45-caliber dummy rounds. Kenney鈥檚 business had supplied ammunition for the Western TV show 鈥�1883,鈥� which was in production in Texas.

鈥淓verything else from PDQ was slated for 鈥�1883,鈥欌�� Kenney told jurors. 鈥淚n fact, some of it wasn鈥檛 even manufactured yet. So there was just no inventory.鈥� The ammunition shortage was a potential problem for the 鈥淩ust鈥� production, he said.

鈥淭he only way they were going to have dummy rounds on 鈥楻ust鈥� was to reach out to other suppliers in the business, and they needed them straightaway,鈥� Kenney said.

Special prosecutor Kerri Morrisey asked Kenney if anyone else had supplied ammunition for 鈥淩ust.鈥�

鈥淵es, Hannah,鈥� Kenney replied. Gutierrez Reed provided ammunition left over from the Western movie 鈥淭he Old Way,鈥� which had been her first job as head armorer.

Gutierrez Reed told Kenney that many rounds of ammunition had been lost during action scenes for the Montana production but that some rounds remained in prop belts, he testified.

Under questioning by Bowles, Kenney said he had provided live rounds for a 鈥渢raining camp鈥� in Texas for actors in the 鈥�1883鈥� television production.

Kenney brought the live ammunition, including .45-caliber rounds, back to sa国际传媒官网网页入口, which he stored in a box labeled 鈥渓ive ammunition鈥� in the bathroom of his business.

Bowles showed jurors photographs of the box taken by law enforcement officers who served a search warrant at the business in December 2021.

Kenny also testified that he kept 鈥渟elf-defense鈥� live ammunition at the business, but none were .45-caliber rounds.

Gutierrez Reed also faces a charge of tampering with evidence for allegedly passing a bag of cocaine to another crew member after the shooting.