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According to the wrap, crew members used prop guns with live ammunition for target practice, a past time called plinking, just hours before cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed. their report says one of the guns was handed to alec baldwin that fired the shot that killed hutchins and injured the film's director. >> we have new reporting about the assistant director on the movie, dave halls. he was fired from a movie set in 2019 after a crew member was injured in another gun safety incident. he is the one who according to police reports handed the weapon to alec baldwin. and joining us now...

Announcement, "cold weapon on set. cold weapon on set." >> reporter: i ask, what if someone walks in front of a person firing a gun with a blank. could you be seriously hurt? >> as you'll see, there is smoke and flame coming out. you know, you might feel the effect of it a little bit. but there is no projectile. >> reporter: okay. good to know. >> counting down. three, two, one. [ gunshot ] >> reporter: gary tuckman, cnn, los angeles. >> based on all the experts we hear from in gary's piece and the ones we talk to, it never should have happened. never. there were multiple layers of security in...

Not to speak with a criminal defense attorney. the reason is he was not simply an act around the set, he was also one of the producers. new mexico does have involuntary manslaughter crime on the books for people who show a lack of caution or concern in carrying out a task that leads to death. this is certainly an egregious violation of any protocols that we know of for the handling of prop guns. this has happened before, actors have been killed by a prop guns, most famous being randomly, it is certainly the case that witnesses recall the assistant director saying cold gun meaning the gun was n...

We see more facts come out like stephanie just reported, there is more and more questions. why was there an operable firearm on set and how did live ammunition get in there and we've seen firearm experts here on air explaining over the last several days why that was so out of the ordinary and so dangerous and i think those are the questions that prosecutors are going to ask. >> it was interesting to read this portion of the affidavit. during the millm of the movie, the assistant directar grabbed one of three prop guns set up by the armorer which was on a cart and left outside of the structure ...

Just last month. take a listen to gutierrez in her own words. >> i was really nervous about it at first and i almost didn't take the job because i wasn't sure if i was ready. but doing it, it went really smoothly. >> reporter: so that is her talking about her first time being head armorer. we know there were three prop guns on a cart that the assistant director david halls pulled from and yelled "cold gun" when handing that prop to alec baldwin. so there are questions and some of the people working on the film questioned whether or not she was ready to be the head armorer on this project. so m...