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He neglected to hold safety meetings. when he did hold them, they were short. they didn't feel he took prop gun safety seriously on other productions. separately, a prop master who was interviewed by the "l.a. times," he told the newspaper that dave halls was quote -- or sorry that the production, the "rust" movie production was, quote, an accident waiting to happen because of safety concerns. he said the newspaper -- he told the newspaper he talked to movie managers for days but felt like they valued cost over value and experience. now, separately, new details we have on what investigators fo...

Come to rehearsing a scene the director wants, the armorer should be familiar with the script, this is what the director wants, what the actor wants, and you go through those rehearsals with a dry, a clear firearm. you show anybody who's interested, the firearms are clear. then you go through your rehe rehearsals. and the second big point after live ammunition on a set is there's never, ever a need to point a firearm at anybody on location. it's always cheated with the camera angles. so when the actor squeezed the trigger, there's absolutely nobody in front. obviously, this is not the case her...

Is a prop master and if there's -- if there are guns -- if there is an armorer, they should check them in the morning. they should check them again before use. they should show them to the ada who checks them to make sure they are indeed empty. they then show them to the actor a that is firing them. they show them to anybody that is having the gun fired near them and around anybody who wants to see it and none of those protocols were done. not one. so i'm sorry, i'm just -- it's -- it's -- >> it is outrageous and i understand you are at a loss for words and i think so many of us are it's just ...

The -- the armorer or the gun person would have to also help out with props. and he found that that was a red flag. >> hmm. so, were -- were his -- just to be clear, were his safety concerns most about just budget? i mean, not having enough personnel? not having enough training and preparation? was -- was that the main thing? >> i think that it was the fact that he couldn't have a dedicated person to handle the -- the guns. and also, that he thought it was odd that they reached out to him like a little bit more than two weeks before the cameras were supposed to roll. and typically, these jobs ...

Gutierrez reid, have spoken publicly about the tragedy. but this is not the first time halls has been criticized for safety issues. in 2019, he was fired by another film production after a gun went off unexpectedly, injuring a member of the sound crew. but industry experts say only the armorer or the prop master should be handing weapons on the set, not the assistant director. >> i'll be honest with you, they would have broken fingers if they picked up a gun off my cart. that does not happen. >> reporter: armorer clay van sickle says the difference between a live or dummy round is easy to spot...