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David willis reports. emergency phone call: accidentally i shot on a movie set by a prop gun. i we need help immediately. that call to the emergency services, the first public indication of the tragic events that had unfolded in the foothills of northern new mexico. police arrived to find halyna hutchins — an up—and—coming cinematographer — dead, and the film's director, joel souza, badly hurt. their injuries inflicted by the film's star, alec baldwin who — according to court documents — was handed a gun he was told was safe to use, but which was in fact loaded with a live round. i...

Asked. of course i don't know what happened in this instance. on this movie set. but with my brother, you know, they were hugely negligent. they ran out of dummy bullets. bill was talking about the dummy bullets that look like real bullets but they don't have any gunpowder in them. they ran out of those for close-ups of the gun on the set of "the crow." so in order to get the shot they needed, they went and bought live ammunition. >> the other aspect that bill brought up, and we don't know the details in this situation, is that actors are told you never point a gun at somebody else even if it ...

Cinematographer, dead and the film's director, joel souza, badly hurt. their injuries inflicted by the film's star, alec baldwin, who according to court documents, was handed a gun he was told was safe to use, but which was in fact loaded with a live round. in a statement alec baldwin said he was cooperating with the police investigation. this is not the first tragedy of its kind. nearly 30 years ago on the set of the film the crow, brandon lee, the son of martial arts expert bruce lee, died after being shot by a gun firing blanks. safety standards have been tightened on film sets since then, ...

Tragedy of its kind. nearly 30 years ago, on the set of the film the crow, brandon lee — the son of martial arts expert bruce lee — died after being shot by a gun firing blanks. safety standards have been tightened on film sets since then, but on the family twitter account, brandon's sister, shannon, posted the message, "no—one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set, period." unconfirmed reports suggest that several crew members walked off the set in new mexico only hours before halyna hutchins died, in protest at working conditions and concerns about safety. as detectives comb the...

Of "the crow." so in order to get the shot they needed, they went and bought live ammunition. >> the other aspect that bill brought up, and we don't know the details in this situation, is that actors are told you never point a gun at somebody else even if it looks like you're going to shoot me in the head from point blank range, that there are all these angles you guys use. is that your understanding as well and is that what happened in brandon's case? >> that is absolutely my understanding. you never point a gun at anyone on a movie set. you always, you know, shoot past that person. but you h...