The man who supplied the gun that was used during an accidental fatal shooting on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie Rust four years ago is suing the actor. The gun provider, Seth Kenney, is claiming that he’s been unfairly made to be a scapegoat for the incident and that he has been unable to find work as a result.
Kenney, who operates a company called PDQ Arm & Prop, LLC, provided the weapon that would eventually be used during the fatal scene of the Western when Baldwin fired a gun he did not know was loaded with live ammunition, shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. According to Kenney’s complaint, which was filed on October 22, 2025, he had done everything right when he provided the gun and the blanks to the production.
The armorer on the film, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for loading live ammo into the gun. She served 14 months in prison. How, exactly, live ammo got mixed up with the film’s stockpile of ammunition was something investigators never figured out. Kenney denies responsibility, claiming he tested each bullet.
Baldwin, who was also a producer on the movie, was on trial last summer but the case was thrown out after his defense team argued the prosecutors were withholding evidence. According to Kenney’s complaint, Baldwin has made him out to be a scapegoat.
Gun Provider Seth Kenney Says ‘It’s Been Devastating’
In his complaint, Kenney accused Baldwin and others of using “cutthroat industry Hollywood ‘fixers’ and media” to shift the blame on to him. His personal and professional lives have suffered as a result. (“Egregious financial damage and emotional trauma,” according to the complaint.
Kenney says he has faced “ruinous financial losses, injury to reputation within the film community and public at large, severe emotional distress, and significant loss of past, present and future financial income.”
In an interview with Variety, Kenney said the “last straw” that prompted him to sue was a complaint from Baldwin’s lawyers in a malicious prosecution lawsuit against New Mexico officials in January, where they suggest he had inadvertently mixed up the rounds.
“Why is he trying to paint me out to be this villain?” Kenney told Variety. The suit lists Baldwin as a defendant along with the production company, Gutierrez Reed, and others. Baldwin did not respond to Variety’s request for comment.
