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Prop gun by actor alec baldwin. joining me now is lugs charles, a prop master from new york city. he has worked on fbi's most wanted and "jigsaw." lucien, i'm glad to have you here. how familiar are you with prop guns and where do filmmakers get them? how careful do you have to be? training? all of that. talk about it. >> i'm happy to be here. sad to talk about it. well, i work out of new york so we definitely use a vendor, a weapons specialist and they give gun training to the actors as well as crew members, how to properly use a gun and safety onset. it's just about you don't want everybody ...

Especially coming off of the tension that just happened between the guild that represents all of the people behind the camera, all of the production people whose job it is to take care of all these things. to hear that there were safety concerns right after this guild threatened to -- came very close to shutting down hollywood with a strike because of safety concerns. so right here is an example. now, what people also need to understand is that this was not a big production. this wasn't a disney movie. it's not paramount or warner brothers. this was a small, independent scrappy film that obvio...

Tragic accident that took the life of halyna hutchins," he tweeted friday. "i am in touch with her husband offering my support to him and his family." tonight, investigators are continuing to investigate what type of projectile was fired from that prop gun while a scene was being filmed for the low-budget western thriller starting baldwin. 42-year-old director of photography hutchins was killed. joel souza, the film's director, was wounded. >> as somebody who really has safety as paramount in everything i do, especially when dealing with prob weapons, it's your worst nightmare. >> reporter: ke...

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Winds up accidentally fatally shooting the director of the photography, 42 years old and the director of the movie was injured as well. there are reports after the incident he said repeatedly why was i given a hot gun? which could mean why was i given a gun with live ammunition? and if that's the case, you have to imagine that the prop master or someone on set is going to face serious questions and there could possibly be a wrongful death lawsuit or even criminal charges. but this is a total tragedy and this is something that he is unfortunately going to have to live with. most law enforcement...