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And allegations of using prop weapons for target practice. "rust" productions has said that safety is a top priority. we learned one detail today, though, and that is that the cameras were not rolling according to the sheriff. they hope that perhaps some information that could have been pulled from that video is not going to be an issue in this case. coming up, growing calls for civil disobedience in sudan, where thousands are turning out to oppose the military takeover. the latest in a live r...

What the truth is. she wants accountability. and it may be that one person is responsible, it may be that a number of people in the chain of custody of that gun. and of that bullet are responsible. and it may be that entities, the production company may also be responsible. >> does she know anything, gloria, about the crew members allegedly plinking, about doing target practice with live rounds potentially with the prop weapon? these arent prop -- theyre real weapons used as props. >> i dont hav...

Killed hutchins now in the hands of the fbi. >> inside the revolver that alec baldwin used, were there other live rounds inside the chamber. >> not that were aware of. >> reporter: with baldwin questioned multiple times, investigators have also interviewed the two other crew members who handled the gun and that are in charge of safety, armorer hannah gutierrez-reed and assistant director dave halls according to a new search warrant, when questioned by investigators, dave halls told them hannah s...

Not complete. we know that mistakes happened. were not sure who did it, when they did it, how they did it. >> reporter: at the scene, investigators questioned 16 cast and crew members inside the church where hutchins, a cinematographer on the rise was killed. 600 items of evidence were recovered, including three guns and 500 rounds of ammunition, both blanks and suspected live rounds. with authorities now investigating reports "rust" staff may have been taking live target practice while not film...

Its obviously, it was a bit of chaos that day. some of the crew walked off. and the replacement crew so people were sitting idle and they had gone through weeks without a paycheck and working really long days, 14 plus hours and then we find out unbelievably that someone went off and shot actual live rounds out of a prop gun near the set. so is it a leftover from the shooting, the recreational shooting during the break? ord deliberate round in the gun? the safety steps are in place. the armorer w...

The loaded firearm prior to mr. baldwin taking possession of it. so, we are hoping to get further information on exactly why they were there and how they got there. >> so, are -- are -- are they boog being cooperative? i mean, the people who would have direct knowledge of that? can you say? >> right now, we have been getting in contact with mr. baldwin and mrs. gutierrez. mr. hall -- to mr. halls, to my knowledge, has retained legal counsel and will work through his legal counsel to hopefully ge...

Reports that crew members were using live rounds for target practice on the set. can you confirm that? >> we have heard that from different sources through the media, through social media, and other sources that that took place. theres no indication that -- that that has happened. we dont have specifics of where that took place and when it took place. and we -- we would encourage anybody with that information to come forward to the sheriffs office. >> were there -- there werent -- so you are say...

And aretha. >> gosh, what else do you know about the investigation? >> hi don. the officials tell me it remains active at this hour, they have not ruled out any criminal charges. thats important because we have been wonnedering that question. will any person or a group of people be responsible for the death of haylana hutchins. >> given all the information thats coming out, there is allegations that there were bullets on this set because there was a lot of ammunitions on the set and perhaps crew...

Support charges, then i will initiate prosecution at that time. im a prosecutor that was elected in part because i do not make rash decisions and i do not rush to judgment. i rely on facts supported by evidence, cooperative and credible witnesses, and i cannot stress the importance of allowing the santa fe county sheriffs office to continue with their quality investigation that is both serious and complex. so at this point we will open it up to questions. >> sheriff, can we ask you, so you said ...

Baldwins hands, reportedly used for target practice in the hours before this tragedy. target practice means live ammo. some crew members apparently used it to go plinking. shooting at cans. thats the sound. plink. now, should you do that? no. but more importantly, bringing back and mixing live ammo with the blanks, is that what happened here? when you aggregate all the red flags weve heard about so far, it really is jarring. a gun used for target practice by the crew hours before? reports of at ...