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Sheriffs office. we will finally hear will criminal charges be pressed. more on that in my piece. with filming for "rust" shutdownen definitely, more behind-the-scenes detail from the production are coming to light. >> everyone on the camera crew was protected by shields. and the camera was protected by shield. so that made me question me being in front of the camera and sort of in between all of that fire. >> reporter: one of the actors from the movie speaking out, describing a scene when his c...

Low budget production. they were under the gun -- >> harris: which fuels the complaints. >> it was under the gun. the union camera crew had walked off the set earlier that day. they were trying to cut costs, trying to get the day in. again, therein lies the recklessness that was bred. we can say its recklessness. its beyond complacency. because somebody is dead. >> harris: guy, i want to come to you. im not going to profess to know what we dont know. i wont fill in the blanks about the weapon be...

Also blood was found on the set. that was collected. according to that actor, ian hudson, shields had to be used for protection when blanks were being fired. then just take a look at this. this is a haunting image of halyna hutchins. this may be the last photo of her on set. she is there with a tan beanie covering her ears. stephanie elam is here with our top story. steph. >> reporter: brianna, when you hear that actor, ian hudson, talk about what he experienced on the set, he found his part bef...

Brian: authorities are not ruling out anything on what is described as, obviously, a tragic accident. ainsley: todd piro is here following the latest story. whats the latest. todd: affidavit search warrant told authorities that actor alec baldwin was practicing drawing the gun when it discharged. inside a church set setting in a pew, cross draw holster, trying to grab it from his hip using the opposite hand. as we know that discharged from the doomed prop gun tragically killing cinematographer h...

Whether the camera crew that walked off in the morning was replaced by non-union workers. were the people who were being replaced as experienced, as knowledgeable and as careful as the people who were there before hand? i know that the guilds there, there has been a big contract negotiations between the hollywood unions and the producers over issues that are not unrelated to this and they are not happy to know that, you know, basically non-union people came in and perhaps -- and that tragedy hap...

Correct? >> the day of the shooting, resigned the night before, not only safety conditions, problems, people working long hours, and the more we learn about what was going on, the more concerning it really is, and while there is no bringing back halyna hutchins and alec baldwin has to live with what he tragically accidentally did, there is a real concern of reliability and whether corners were cut and whether the camera crew that walked off in the morning was replaced by nonunion workers, were t...

Plinking. they go out and shoot at cans. this is live ammunition. this happened the morning of the day before halyna hutchins was killed in the early afternoon. what happened between the time the guns came back with live ammunition in them? they should have been checked obviously. there has been a lot of information in the search warrants that have been filed about what happened to the guns and there was a break for a few minutes for lunch, and then they came back. and was the gun checked again,...

The thing that, you know, personally kills me is hearing that it was during the day. you know, the only reason left to use blanks, ever, is for that interactive light at night. so to shoot them during day is just -- its -- its -- >> there was just no need. >> appalling. >> so, you know, one of the actors was telling tmz how scary and real it felt. >> yeah, it never should have gotten to that point. for me watching this, i file feel the rage bubble up again because there are levels and levels and...

Oher will go in and take the weapon and clear it and call it out before everybody mothers and make sure its safe and then they call the set clear and do whatever job they need to do. the information that were hearing that has come through the affidavits is that the first a.d. himself picked the gun up off a cart without supervision of an armp armorer, hand it had to alec baldwin and didnt check it. turned out to be the worst case scenario, a loaded gun with a bullet, and the first a.d. noose bus...

Becoming increasingly troubled. some of the camera crew walked off set over working conditions just before baldwin accidentally shot and killed can his colleague. and just days before that, the paper reports a stunt double also accidentally fired rounds from a gun, prompting a crew member to text a production manager that weve now had three accidental discharges, this is super unsafe. after this accident an abc show banned the firing of real guns on its set. going forward theyre use he replicas ...