So, if Hannah Gutierrez Reed did not put the bullet in the prop gun, how

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You seem to have this bizarre conception that intent is some kind of iron clad defense against criminal liability. "Well I didn't mean for this to happen" is not going to prevent charges if someone acted in a negligent manner.

The most likely scenario is that one of the crew was messing around with the gun, shooting at tin cans during down time and forgot to unload it when they returned it. Stupid but I doubt that they intended for someone to get hurt or killed.

Then the armorer likely didn't check the pistol properly when getting it ready for the scene. Again, stupid and incompetent but I'm pretty sure she didn't intend for someone to get hurt.

Then the AD took the gun, without checking it properly and inaccurately described it as a cold gun, when handing it to Baldwin. Incompetent, hasty, un-professional but again, I doubt he intended that someone would get shot.

In that scenario, there would have been no intent on anyone's part to cause harm but that does not relieve them of potential criminal liability for their actions, if they are deemed to be negligent and to have broken safety protocols.

The same holds true for Baldwin, he doesn't get an automatic pass because he didn't intend to shoot and kill someone, that's not how the legal system works.

Whether or not the DA decides to prosecute someone and who, remains to be seen, there was plenty of negligent behavior occurring on that set, it appears and Baldwin is certainly one of those potentially criminally liable for this death.