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Extreme caution with any kind of weapons, whether they be prop guns, blank guns, anything in between. typically we will do a safety brief with the cast and crew. we'll introduce the weapon to the cast and crew, we'll let them examine it, we'll explain the safety precautions that go with each type of prop weapon. in this case it was a blank firing weapon, and with that there are inherent risks. we saw with the brandon lee shooting several years ago, that prop weapons do have a dangerous factor to them. even though they're a lot safer than using a live firearm on set. typical prop load will be a...

Fractured his skull. then the brandon lee thing. the interesting thing about brandon lee is it seems to have been something left over from a previous use that had been launched, and then when it was reloaded for this particular bit, that thing effectively created a projectile that went straight through his stomach and killed him. it's really interesting. i don't know all the friends it's behind the brandon lee incident, but there's a few different types of prop guns we use in entertainment. one of which are guns that are specifically manufactured with smaller diameter barrels and cylinders to ...

>> two people accidentally shot. >> reporter: officials say they're still in the initial stages of their investigation into what led to the fatal incident when baldwin discharged a props with on set. director joel souza rushed by ambulance to local hospital with injuries. the film's cinematographer halyna hutchins was pronounced dead after being transported by helicopter to the hospital. prop guns are commonly used on movie sets. they aren't without their own risk. >> prop weapons have a danger factor to them even though they're safer than using a firearm on set. >> reporter: hutchins, who pos...