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Safety protocol, but if he was not aware and he actually took possession of the firearm and he reasonably relied on the armorer or assistant director to give him a cold gun, then the criminal intent is probably not going to be there. but he may be looking at negligent hiring, apparently the armorer, this is only her maybe second time serving in the role. so there's exposure there but i don't think it's criminal in nature. >> clay you went through the protocols with me. alec baldwin had a gun in his hand and nobody shouted cold gun, looked at it, none of those protocols were met. >> cold gun wa...

Souza. baldwin was handed a colt 45 revolver he was told was safe to use before squeezing the trigger. >> we believe we have in our possession the firearm fired by mr. baldwin. we also believe we have the spent shell casing from the bullet fired from the gun. >> reporter: according to a search warrant, the revolver was put into baldwin's hands by assistant director dave halls. he said the colt came from armerer hannah reed gutierrez. halls said hannah showed him the firearm but he only recalled seeing three fives. the two people who handled the weapon in this case whose job it was to ensure sa...

And hours before halyna hutchins was killed. sophie long sent this report. it is now nearly a week since 42—year—old halyna hutchins was shot dead whilst she was doing herjob. these are the last pictures of the cinematographer alive on the set of rust. she's in the blue coat and headphones. you can see alec baldwin beyond the camera. 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 sho...

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—year—old hannah gutierrez—reed. she's admitted ammunition was not secure, but says she checked the guns and found no live rounds. all three are cooperating fully with the investigation. all options are on the t...

Rehearsal and that's when the tragedy occurred. dave halls came into the picture, he was fired from another movie back in 2019 because of the mishandling firearms. he actually said in an affidavit and i quote, i want to read this directly. "i check the barrel for obstructions, most of the time there is no live fire, she, hanna, opens the hatch and spins the drum and i said cold set." we know dave halls yelled out "cold gun" which means this thing is safe. david advised when hanna shows him the firearm, he can only remember seeing three rounds and this is important. he advised he should have ch...