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Blanks in them so we're not rehearsing anymore. there's no way that anyone would expect that when they said that they were going live, they actually meant that they were using live ammo in an unmodified firearm. >> to be clear, in your work history, would you have ever used live ammunition for any reason? >> i have used live ammunition because i do shows for discovery and they want to see what does a bullet do to this? so, yes, there are times when it's appropriate to use live ammo because we're trying to document what the ammunition does to something. what's not appropriate is to use live amm...

The film's director of photography, halyna hutchins was pronounced dead after being transported by a helicopter to the hospital. police continue to interview witnesses and are looking into what type of projectile was fired from a prop gun commonly used on movie sets that aren't without their own risks. >> prop weapons do have a dangerous factor to them even though they're a lot safer than using a live firearm on-set. >> reporter: 42-year-old hutchins, who posted on instagram from the new mexico location only days ago, lived in los angeles with her husband and son and was credited in the produc...

Actor Alec Baldwin has broken his silence after discharging a "prop gun" that killed a cinematographer and injured a director while filming a movie in New Mexico.

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Alec Baldwin was the focus on Friday of investigations into a shocking and deadly on-set tragedy, after the actor fired a prop gun that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director of a Western he was shooting in New Mexico.The cast and crew of "Rust" -- where Baldwin is playing the lead in a 19th century film about...

>> it's hard to understand how this happened. it's a huge investigation. danny cevallos, i know there's indications in the past, there's are liability issues, assuming as we do, but the handling of weapons, i was lead to believe that a prop cannot fire real bullets. and firearms can kill, what's the disparity here? >> well, it has killed. but at least reportedly, this may have been a situation where a live round has found its way on to the set. that's one of the prime rules of set safety, no live rounds, period. if you use blanks, blanks can be dangerous, an actor i believe in 1983 was goofing...