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Now zeroing in on the chain of custody of that prop gun that accidentally killed hutchins on the set of the western "rust." the sheriffs report saying it was one of three prop guns set up on a cart by the films armorer, hannah gutierrez-reed. an assistant director handing the gun to baldwin, saying it was cold, meaning it was not loaded with any live rounds. but while the gun was in baldwins hands, a projector fired, killing hutchins and injuring director, joel souza. >> we were rehearsing, and ...

Affidavit is alec baldwin pulls the weapon across his body and then points it at the camera. should that ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should _ ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should end. _ ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should end. we _ ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should end. we also - and no. it should end. we also have to stop calling a proper weapon because bullets came out of it. bullets dont go into proper weapons, thats why th...

Shows. director joel souza told investigators baldwin was sitting on a wooden pew, cross-drawing his weapon and pointing the revolver toward the camera lens when he heard what sound like a whip and then loud pop, according to the search warrant affidavit. souza remembers seeing blood and hearing his director of photography halyna hutchins complaining about her stomach and grabbing her midsection. souza was shot in the shoulder and hutchins was killed. this saul raising questions about on-set gun...

Of this unfolded. we understand that it was early afternoon on thursday. alec baldwin was wearing his western clothing for the shoot of this film. he was inside a structure with the film crew getting ready to film his scene. we understand there were three prop weapons that were placed on a tray outside of the structure by the head armorer. the assistant director then picked up one of the prop guns. he walked it inside the structure handing it to alec baldwin shouting cold gun, which in the indus...

So far, we have been getting some new details from an affidavit thats been released about the evidence that was gathered on that location and a little bit of the rough timeline. we understand that the head armorer, that is the person in charge of prop weapons on any film set, placed three weapons on a tray outside of a structure, where on thursday, alec baldwin and the rest of the film crew were either rehearsing or filming. we understand that the assistant director picked up one of the prop wea...

So far, we have been getting some new details from an affidavit thats been released about the evidence that was gathered on that location and a little bit of the rough timeline. we understand that the head armorer, that is a person in charge of prop weapons on any film set, placed three weapons on a tray outside of a structure where on thursday alec baldwin and the rest of the film crew were either rehearsing or filming. we understand that the assistant director picked up one of the prop weapons...

Here who said they have basically gotten everything that they have needed to get from that location. we now have to piece together exactly what happened on that set, what negligence may have taken place on that set, and to that point the first time that we heard about this assistant director was in the affidavit. we know that david halls was actually outside of the structure where the team was practicing during their rehearsals or shooting, film shooting on that fateful thursday afternoon. we kn...

Back in 2019. also today, new photos just in to cnn showing baldwin meeting with helena hutchins husband and son in new mexico. in a statement the actor said his heart was broken for them and hes fully cooperating as police investigate. helena hutchins died there from the gunshot wound there on the set. cnn correspondent lucy kafanov is in santa fe, new mexico. lucy, what more are you learning about the safety issues and accusations? >> reporter: thats right, fred. we remember from the affidavit...

They believe us now. >> reporter: people should be able to go home after performing their job. >> yeah. a child should have a mother. >> reporter: again, a lot of unanswered questions. so far we have been getting some new details from an affidavit thats been released about the evidence that was gathered on that location, and a little bit of the rough time line. we understand that the head armourer, that is the person in charge of prop weapons on any film set, placed three weapons on a trae outsi...

Witnesses and indicating what type of projectile was fired from a prop gun commonly used in movie sets but arent without their own risks. >> prop weapons do have a dangerous factor to them. even though theyre a lot safer than a live firearm on set. >> reporter: 42-year-old hutchens who posted on instagram from a new mexico location only days ago lived in los angeles with her husband and son and was credited in the production of dozens of film and tv productions. baldwin tweeting on the account h...