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>> we also believe that we have the spent shell casing from the bullet that was fired from the gun. the actually lead projectile has been recovered from the shoulder of mr. souza. all of the previous mentioned items along with other items of evidence will be submitted to the fbi crime lab in quantico, virginia, for analysis. right now it's too early in the investigation to comment on charges at this point. >> adan mendoza noted two other revolvers were seized. the local district attorney tells nbc news she doesn't think it ethical to start releasing charges until the information comes back. th...

Souza. baldwin was handed a colt 45 revolver he was told was safe to use before squeezing the trigger. >> we believe we have in our possession the firearm fired by mr. baldwin. we also believe we have the spent shell casing from the bullet fired from the gun. >> reporter: according to a search warrant, the revolver was put into baldwin's hands by assistant director dave halls. he said the colt came from armerer hannah reed gutierrez. halls said hannah showed him the firearm but he only recalled seeing three fives. the two people who handled the weapon in this case whose job it was to ensure sa...

And it's just not done. >> now, the blanks that are typically put in actors' guns, they make noise. they light up. smoke. nothing comes out. but to a layman, when you look at a blank, can look like a live round. you have here a blank and a live round. explain the difference. and what -- what the difference is between them. >> okay. this particular round right here is actually a dummy cartridge. but we're going to use it as an example of a live round. >> this is what a live round would look like? >> this is what a live round would look like. and so, you see that we have a cartridge case. typica...

The gun's chamber when baldwin pulled the trigger. >> we believe that we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by mr. baldwin. this is -- this is the firearm we believe discharged the bullet. we also believe that we have the spent shell casing from the bullet that was fired from the gun. the actual lead projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr. souza. the projectile was recovered by medical personnel where he was being treated and turned over to the sheriff's office as evidence. we regard this specific spent casing and recovered projectile to be the live...

Is actually a dummy cartridge. but we're going to use it as an example of a live round. >> this is what a live round would look like? >> this is what a live round would look like. and so, you see that we have a cartridge case. typically, that's full of gun powder. there is a primer case or a primer cap at the bottom. and this right here is the projectile or the bullet. that is what would leave the shell casing, and get propelled d downrange in a live cartridge. >> and this? >> this right here is the modern crimped theatrical motion picture blank. and you can see that it's simply a shell casing...