Without citing any evidence, attorney Jason Bowles said in a Today show interview Wednesday that investigators should consider this possibility as they assess the October 21 shooting.
“There was a box of dummy rounds, and the box is labeled ‘dummy,’” Bowles said.
While that might absolve his client of some responsibility, the theory would seemingly elevate the situation from one of negligence to potential manslaughter or murder.
“I believe that somebody who would do that would want to sabotage the set, would want to prove a point, would want to say that they’re disgruntled, they’re unhappy.
We have a time frame between 11 and 1, approximately that day, in which the firearms at times were unattended, so there was opportunity to tamper with this scene.
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