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LOS ANGELES - The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the loaded weapon that killed a cinematographer had been sacked from a previous production for gun safety violations, the company said Monday.
Use real guns. we keep saying prop gun. these are real guns. that's why filmmaker halyna hutchins is dead. detectives say no one has been cleared in the investigation. now that's being read by too many people as, ooh, they're going after somebody. no. they're just starting their investigation. why would they clear anybody? there is an increasing focus, however, on two people in particular who handled the weapon and what they have told police about how chain of custody here got screwed up, because it did. court documents reveal 24-year-old armorer hanna gutierrez told investigators no live ammo...
They're just starting their investigation. why would they clear anybody? there is an increasing focus, however, on two people in particular who handled the weapon and what they have told police about how chain of custody here got screwed up, because it did. court documents reveal 24-year-old armorer hanna gutierrez told investigators no live ammo is ever kept on set. how can that be? then what blew a hole in halyna hutchins? assistant director david halls acknowledged he didn't check all the rounds before handing it to alec baldwin and saying "cold gun." that is the reporting. why did he say t...
He was holding the gun that fired the shot that killed halyna and severely injured directorjoel souza. we believe that we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by mr baldwin. the actual lead projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr souza. we regard this specific casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by mr baldwin. when alec baldwin was handed the weapon by assistant director dave halls, he was told it was safe, what's called a "cold gun." the person responsible for firearms on set was the armourer — 24—...
Questions as well. let's look at, for example, whether a gun was supposed to be fired at all as part of a scene. if a gun was supposed to be fired, brianna, there would have been plexiglass protecting the crew. there would have been ear protectors on the crew. and most importantly, most of the 16 people that were there on the set when this tragedy happened would not even have been allowed in the church. they would have been outside. the script supervisor would have been outside. >> sure. i think it is clear, gloria, that -- >> we have to find out why that gun was fired. >> obviously i think it...