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Shooting on the set. officials say they are still in the initial stages into what lead to the incident when baldwin discharged a prop weapon on set. the director rushed to the hospital with injuries. the film's director of photographer was pronounced dead. police continue to look into witnesses and what kind of projectile prop gun. >> prop weapons do have a safer factor even though they are still dangerous. >> living in los angeles with her husband and son and credited in production of dozens of film, tv shows.

About blanks and the difference between blanks and bullets, that's the way it is supposed to be explained? >> you nailed it. you could have done, you know, ten times the job that was done on the baldwin set. >> well, let me ask you about this. >> this is -- >> go ahead, please. >> this is the thing that would be a blank round, just a casing and some gun powder. this is live ammo , the thing used to shoot at things. so, you know, hard to get these wrong, which is which. one issue though has been referring to this weapon as a prop weapon. a prop is anything that an actor touches. if an actor tou...

Condition is at this point. what we can tell you, though, the sheriff's department says they have not charged anyone. no charges filed. they continue to interview witn witnesses and investigate this. as for the company behind the movie, they put out a statement. it says in part, the entire cast and crew has been devastated by today's tragedy. with he send our tkaoefpt condolences to halyna's family and loved ones. we have halted production on the film for an undetermined period of time. and while they are investigating this and providing counseling to everyone there on set. no matter how you c...

At some point there was a mishap and those were not followed. >> what can come out of a blank gun? if a prop gun is supposed to only have blanks, how is it then that something could come out of it? a projectile? >> anytime you are dealing with a gunpowder load, which is what is in a prop weapon, that fires blanks, you're going to have gas, you're going to have heat, you're going to have air coming out of it. even though there is no actual physical projectile mounted on the front of that weapon, on the cartridge, there is projectiles that do come out, the powder, the gas, and those can cause ph...

The questions remain as to what the projectile was that was discharged from the gun. there has been comments, unconfirmed reports, that we received into our newsroom very early in all of this that a potential live round of ammunition was in a gun. i want to make it very clear, though, i know for me and for a lot of people in our newsroom who aren't so familiar with prop guns on movie sets that are supposed to have blanks, especially in these western movies, blanks are still very dangerous in certain situations. so that continues to be the main focus of the investigation as far as what kind of ...