the pain that alec baldwin must be feeling. obviously alec baldwin doesn't necessarily shy away from controversy in the past in his career. we know that there have been these, you know, provocative moments and just to see him at the center of this, i mean, everybody, you know, look, he's somebody who is a cross generational celebrity. my kids, of course, know who alec baldwin is because of his depiction of trump. we all have known alec baldwin throughout his career, and it's just jaw dropping to see him at the center of this. >> yeah, it is, but keith made good point about the safety checks gone through. we have done set visits to different shows, television shows in particular where they handle firearms, and we do know on those sets you're not allowed to point, you know, those guns at anyone. there are checks and rechecks every single time someone is handling those guns, so we don't know what happened here, but we do know that as an industry practice, especially after what happened with brandon lee on "the crow," there has bee

that should have been probably what alec baldwin was drilling with. apparently he was practicing a complicated cross draw maneuver, which is not common, where the holster would be on the opposite side and you draw across your body. that should have been probably what he was practicing with. it's interesting that there were 500 rounds removed from the set, whether they were live ammo, blanks or dummy rounds. what a dummy round is, it's basically an inert round. there's no gun bo prouder. sometimes they're filled with bbs so you can share them and hear what they sound like. i'm curious to find the breakdown of how much of each type of round was available on that set. >> scott, you point out the number there of rounds, this is a western. 500 rounds. is that an atypical amount regardless of the breakdown? >> i've been on sets where you can pop 100 rounds in a day. it's not that difficult to do. so if they were -- if this was for the whole production, it's possible. i don't know what the script is like or how much gunfire there was. that is not uncharacter

as he handed the gun to the actor, alec baldwin, he yelled, quote, "cold gun", the assistant director did not know live rounds were in the prop gun. so are those the people that would look at, the assistant director and the armorer. >> i think those are two the people people. if that is true that baldin was hand the the gun and told cold gun, i don't think he's in any criminal danger. but those are people who are responsible. one of things that we ask as lawyers as prosecutors is what was the duty of care that this person owed. obviously the armorer is the person responsible for the safety of the gun and that is different than the responsibility that a camera person or an audio person would have. much more serious and i think there is real questions about the qualifications of the armorer and the way the assistant director handled those firearms. >> about alec baldwin, as an actor, it sounds like from all we know at this moment, that he is not responsible. he was handed what was told to be a cold gun and just practicing his part in this movie. but he was also a producer on this film.

baldwin which should have indicated it was safe to use. in the newly released search warrant i should say the deputy on the scene describes conversations with halls and gutierrez. these are not exact transcripts. these are the conversations ass deputy remembers them but in his interview with halls, i'm going to read you a portion, it says during an interview with david halls when the detective asked david about the safety protocol on set in regards to firearms, he advised i check the barrel for obstructions. most of the time there's no live fire, and she, referring to hannah gutierrez opens the hatch and spins the drum, and i say cold gun on set. now, david advised when hannah showed him the firearm before continuing rehearsal, he could only remember seeing three rounds. he advised that he should have checked all of them, but didn't, and could not recall if she spun the drum. the detective also spoke to hannah gutierrez. she told him, according to the a affidavit that on the day of the incident she checked for quote dummies, blank bullets

baldwin fired a prop gun on set during production of the movie "rust" accidentally hitting hutchins. she was know announced dead at the hospital. the film director was also injured. these photos show a seemingly distraught baldwin after the shooting and a short time ago he tweeted this. quote, there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of helena hutchins, a wife and mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. i'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and i'm in touch with her husband and offering my support to him and his family, my heart is broken for her husband, their son and all who knew and loved helena. step stephanie elum is covering the development and you have breaking news from the local prosecutor in new mexico. what is happening. >> because we have not heard anything about whether or not charges would be filed. we know the investigation is very much open. and that they continue to talk to witnesses there in the sante fe area. but the new statement from new mexico first

after alec baldwin was told it was a quote cold gun with no live ammunition before it went off. one crew member and eyewitness blamed her death on negligence and unprofessionalism, and questioned the experience of hannah gutierrez. he wrote quote to save a dime sometimes you hire people who are not fully qualified for the complicated and dangerous job, and you risk the lives of other people who are close and your lives as well. cnn's lucy kjoins us from san jose. what more are you hearing about the previous gun incidents we are hearing on sets? >> cnn has learned that assistant director dave halls was the subject of complaints over safety as well as behavior on set on two different productions back in 2019. sources tell cnn that these complaints include a disregard for safety with gun safety, and pyrotechnics, things like having exit lanes, and fire exits being consistently blocked and also reports of inappropriate sexual behavior. now cnn spoke to maggie gold, a prop maker and a licensed pyro technician. she told cnn halls neglected to hold safety meetings and announce a weapon

is there some or should there be some onus on baldwin to check that? should he have checked it? >> in my experience, most of the actors that i work with will sit with me and we will check the weapon before the weapon goes onset. is it their responsibility? in some way it is, but the majority of that typically falls on either the armorer or the prop master handing them the weapon, which did not happen in this situation. >> i understand you have a prop gun to show us what that check should look like. can you give us an idea? >> yes, i do. okay. this is a prop nonfiring weapon. i'm going to be keeping it pointed in a safe direction during the demonstration. >> okay. >> with the weapon like the one they were using on set, the more historical weapons, they have a built-in clearing rod, which is right in here. >> okay. >> that rod gets pushed from the front to the back of the weapon, and you can see -- let me open the port here. you can see the rod extend past. that tells me there is nothing in that particular chamber. you would advance to the next chamber, repeat the process with the

. >>> we are learning multiple major red flags on the set of "rust" in the days before alec baldwin shot and killed cinematographer halyna hutchins. detectives seized spent casings, ammunition boxes, loose ammunition, also ammo in a fanny pack. >>> also a veteran prop master is coming forward saying that he rejected a job offer to work on the film because of multiple safety concerns. they included the decision to merge the jobs of armorer and assistant prop master. >> i turned the job opportunity down on "rust" because i felt it was completely unsafe. i impressed upon them there were great concerns, and they didn't really respond to any concerns about that. >> cnn's lucy kafanov is in new mexico. members of the crew were using these guns with live ammo hours before hutchins was killed. >> reporter: that's right, cnn has not been able to independently verify that reporting about this live ammo that was used for basically shooting cans or whatever it might be, the practice is called plinking. but we do know from the inventory list that was listed in the court documents obtained by cnn that

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