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Reached out to the production company. they have yet to -- we have yet to receive a response. i want to talk to phillip schneider, a movie set property master. phillip, thank you so much for taking time to talk to us. i have to believe that this has been emotional for you. bring us into that moment when you first heard about this. >> well, first of all, i would like to express my condolences to the hutchins family, and i would also like to add that i was on set yesterday, and the entire industry mourns this horrible accident. but it's especially hard on people like me -- prop masters and armer...

Did they walk off the set because of this brouhaha over cost cutting. with all of this stuff not there, did a mistake happen? >> the l.a. times is reporting that the camera crew members of the international alliance of theatrical stage employees spent -- they walked off the set. it appears as if there were certainly nonunion workers filling in. so again, were the standard safety protocols being followed by the prop master, the stunt coordinator and the like. but the union is already in a huge contract fight with the studio. so it does raise the attention and level of outrage based on those uni...

Taken away by the prop master, the armorer, whoever is responsible onset pair there was none of that. during a rehearsal he was holding the gun in his hand and i do not know if this accident occurred during the rehearsal or doing an actual scene they were filming. but either way, as i said, there are several people responsible and one of the reasons we are not hearing a lot of detail coming out is because there could be criminal liability. >> absolutely. >> i don't disparage any of the people involved as individuals, but there are ramifications when something like this happens. unfortunately, ...

Safety distance between the muzzle and anything that could be harmed by any potential hazard. >> 20 feet, wow. >> due to the blank gunfire. there's a lot of different ways that you can film a scene. you can do it with long lens where the camera is actually much further away than 20 feet. if you, for whatever reason, had to be within 20 feet, you could put up a physical barrier, in other words a sheet of something that could actually separate the muzzle from anything that's in the danger zone of that 20 feet. so there's a lot of different possibilities there. as far as an actor not being in the...

That. if the gun is taken away by the prop master or the armor, whatever's responsible. during rehearsal he was holding the gun and his hand and i don't know if the accident occurred during the rehearsal or during the scene they were filming. but either way as i said there's several people who are responsible and one of the reasons were not hearing details coming out is because there could be criminal liability. i do not disparage any of the people involved as individuals. but there are ramifications when something like this happens. unfortunately, it could be criminal. >> jesse: according to ...