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But theyre still conducting the investigation. we know theyre going to do the witness interviews, but theyre not just going to rely on people in and around the set, theyll likely be interviewing shooting ranges, other places around this area, in order to determine whether some of these cast members were out conducting target practice or if they were out in one of these many remote fields. but it gets to the larger question, john, which is obviously unfathomable, is a live movie set filming a wes...

For target practice to pass the time. >> theres this past time that crew members sometimes do, it is called plinking. they go out into the rural areas and shoot at beer cans. this has been live ammunition. >> reporter: cnn has not been able to confirm the report. in a statement the producers of "rust" said they were not made aware of official complaints concerning weapons and prop safety onset and will be conducting an internal review of procedures while production is shut down. according to the...

The gun. still some questions about whether this gun was used in target practice. the live rounds will be handled very methodically, and we wont hear from investigators until they actually hand over the report. >> the firearms, the ammunition are among some 600 pieces of evidence collected, we are told. eli, you say they must have had a search warrant to go on set to gather this evidence. what does that tell you? >> its been reported they did get a search warrant. that means the police had to wr...

Hours leading to the fatal shooting. >> two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun. we need help immediately. >> reporter: one of the actors on rust, ian hudson, opening up about frightening moments on-set. >> when the rounds were released, when they shot at me, i actually did feel the blanks hitting my face and my body, and i could feel the wind from the shotgun, you know, being discharged. it was heavy. it was strong, and i would talk to my fellow cast members afterwards, and we...

District attorney here. again, the question of liability could be the person bhowho load that weapon, the person who handed it to alec baldwin. it also could include a liability for alec baldwin himself as the person who pulled the trigger. this is obviously a tragedy but up to investigators to determine what happened in the run-up to this tragic event and prosecutors for bringing charges. >> you just heard our armor expert saying there should not be live ammunition on set. there are reports and...

It will take many more facts, corroborated facts before we can get to that criminal negligence standard. >> reporter: district attorney mary carmack telling cnn later what that standard could rest on. >> the way that i was sort of taught was you treat a firearm like a live snake. and, um, and so, its -- its a terrible tragedy. we dont know how those live rounds got there. and i think that that will probably end up being kind of the lynchpin, um, for whether a decision is made about charges. >> w...

So if, in fact, this is the case that these weapons are being used for plinking and for target practice and there was some sort of mishap where the gun wasnt emptied properly and there was live ammunition left there, i cannot even imagine the neglect there. but, you know, don, we have obtained at "entertainment tonight," a new letter from the "rust" production team to its crew members tonight saying they have hired an outside legal team to come in and conduct an investigation along with the osha...

Good to see you again. i want to get your reaction to these reports that members of the clue were, quote, planking just before. they loaded guns, including the one later handed to alec baldwin, were told, with live ammunition and did target practice and cans. how common is that on sets during down time and how dangerous to be loading prop weapons with live ammo. >> well, first of all, jake, i want to clarify with you. it wasnt a prop gun, so you cant load a prop gun with live amno. this is live ...

Member. halls said he was remorseful for that indent. and the l.a. times reported that he turned down the movie "rest" because of two reds. he wonders how a real loaded gun was on the set. >> its rubber, you know? a rubber prop gun. theres no reason why when youre rehearsing you cant use a prop gun and it says it there in the policy that whenever feasible, use a prop gun. >> theres a report news on foxnews.com that the gun that baldwin used was for target practice and perhaps explaining how it w...

Honigford, and thank you for joining us, i want to get your reaction, the reporting, and the gun was taken out for target practice or shooting outside the scope of the movie, what will investigators be looking at with this information and how can impact who is responsible in this case?>> yes, this is enormously important, if confirmed, it tells us two things, if the round that killed trent before turns out to be alive round, this could explain how a live gun with live ammo on it got on to that t...