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Now zeroing in on the chain of custody of that prop gun that accidentally killed hutchins on the set of the western "rust." the sheriff's report saying it was one of three prop guns set up on a cart by the film's armorer, hannah gutierrez-reed. an assistant director handing the gun to baldwin, saying it was cold, meaning it was not loaded with any live rounds. but while the gun was in baldwin's hands, a projector fired, killing hutchins and injuring director, joel souza. >> we were rehearsing, and it went off, and i ran out. we all ran out. >> reporter: the a.d. telling investigators he did no...

Affidavit is alec baldwin pulls the weapon across his body and then points it at the camera. should that ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should _ ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should end. _ ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should end. we _ ever happen on a film set? welcome and no. it should end. we also - and no. it should end. we also have to stop calling a proper weapon because bullets came out of it. bullets don't go into proper weapons, that's why they are prop weapons, that's why they are prop weapons not real weapons. this is a p"°p weapons no...

Shows. director joel souza told investigators baldwin was sitting on a wooden pew, cross-drawing his weapon and pointing the revolver toward the camera lens when he heard what sound like a whip and then loud pop, according to the search warrant affidavit. souza remembers seeing blood and hearing his director of photography halyna hutchins complaining about her stomach and grabbing her midsection. souza was shot in the shoulder and hutchins was killed. this saul raising questions about on-set gun safety. >> the first thing that went wrong is that they used a gun that was capable of having live ...

Of this unfolded. we understand that it was early afternoon on thursday. alec baldwin was wearing his western clothing for the shoot of this film. he was inside a structure with the film crew getting ready to film his scene. we understand there were three prop weapons that were placed on a tray outside of the structure by the head armorer. the assistant director then picked up one of the prop guns. he walked it inside the structure handing it to alec baldwin shouting cold gun, which in the industry means the weapon should not have had any live rounds. we all, unfortunately, know what happened ...

So far, we have been getting some new details from an affidavit that's been released about the evidence that was gathered on that location and a little bit of the rough timeline. we understand that the head armorer, that is the person in charge of prop weapons on any film set, placed three weapons on a tray outside of a structure, where on thursday, alec baldwin and the rest of the film crew were either rehearsing or filming. we understand that the assistant director picked up one of the prop weapons, walked it inside the structure, handing it to mr. baldwin, shouting, "cold gun," which in the...