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Being shot by crew members. so how does that square with what we know about those final moments? and what we've heard about the guns being used? the guns were in her care. somebody handed it to alec baldwin and said it was a cold gun, meaning safe, and it wasn't. let's bring in dutch merrick, a veteran armorer and prop master. good to have you back, brother, appreciate it. >> thanks for having me, chris, i appreciate the opportunity. >> so if the investigation demonstrates that what killed halyna hutchins was a live round, and that is what the sheriff said last night on this show, then how cou...

Mishaps, but now we're talking about a fatal shooting and that doesn't happen on a regular basis. before i let you go, when we hear the terminology, the place where props are stored such as guns in this prop truck and we understand that investigators say they did seize some 500 rounds of ammunition, generally speaking, what has access to the prop truck and what are among the things that are in it? >> i don't claim to be an armorer, i don't claim to know their department. but it's always my understanding that the armorer and/or the prop master are the only two people -- within their department,...

Overruled by production, and her department. sources close to the production say no one was looking to cut corners, and she never worked in both positions at the same time. >> although we appreciate the statement given by ms. gutierrez-reed, i think it raises more questions than it does answers. >> reporter: investigators say a single bullet that should have never been on set was placed inside a revolver like this one before alec baldwin pulled the trigger, and killed cinematographer halyna hutchins. hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from, her attorneys say. hannah and the prop mas...

Baldwin and said it was a cold gun, meaning safe, and it wasn't. let's bring in dutch merrick, a veteran armorer and prop master. good to have you back, brother, appreciate it. >> thanks for having me, chris, i appreciate the opportunity. >> so if the investigation demonstrates that what killed halyna hutchins was a live round, and that is what the sheriff said last night on this show, then how could the armorer not be responsible for a live round making its way onto the set? >> well, there's still a question of the chain of custody. everything i've read so far shows that hannah had the gun al...

That for the audience, you don't believe it is easy for someone with any experience at all, let alone being a master, to confuse a blank with a live round. it's crimped at the end, there is no slug, they feel different. so we would assume that's not what happened. what do you make of her position of blaming the producers? let's put up their statement, or i'll just read it, from her attorneys. hannah was hired for two positions on this film. it made it extremely difficult for her to do her job as an armorer. she fought for training, days to maintain weapons, and proper time to prepare for gunfi...