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The weapon. the investigation is open and active. >> it happened at bonanza ranch. actor jeff sneed was working on a different set near by. >> fatal accidents proving prop weapons have happened before. actor brandon lee died during film on "the crow" after she was shot with a shotgun. since that time, the industry put strict new protocols in place. >> a strategic question i would always ask, were the safety guidelines followed. blanks are not designed to do what the final outcome of this was. we need to investigate and find out what went wrong. >> baldwin is not omnivore the star of "rust" but...

Look. >> a death on set like this, rare but not unique. brandon lee was shot and killed on the set of "the crow" in '93. a blank was fired but dislodged part of a live round stuck in the barrel. in '84 on the set of the show "coverup" an actor jokingly put a prop gun to his head and pulled the trigger. and pressure and wadding from the blank killed him. rust starring and bruced by baldwin hinges on the accidental killing of a rancher in 1880s kansas. this morning, baldwin tweeted there are no words to convey my shock and sadness. i am fully cooperating with the police investigation to address ...

For people yet. >> hasn't really sunk in. i would imagine that's two fold, right, the personal for anybody who had a connection with halyna and then it is also on the professional as to how this happened on a set. and those are a lot of the questions we also don't have answers to this morning. how much is that a part of the discussion? >> well, that's certainly a large part of it, i mean, this is obviously every filmmaker's worst fear, this happening on a set. and it is a thing, you know, we all know this happened with brandon lee on the set of "the crow" going back 30 years and we all thought...

Everybody, you know, look, he's somebody who is a cross generational celebrity. my kids, of course, know who alec baldwin is because of his depiction of trump. we all have known alec baldwin throughout his career, and it's just jaw dropping to see him at the center of this. >> yeah, it is, but keith made good point about the safety checks gone through. we have done set visits to different shows, television shows in particular where they handle firearms, and we do know on those sets you're not allowed to point, you know, those guns at anyone. there are checks and rechecks every single time some...

And keep in mind, this is far from the first time something like this has happened. the most high-profile example maybe 1993, actor brandon lee, son of the great bruce lee, died during the filming of "the crow," if you'll remember, after she was shot with a prop gun. since then, there's been really strict regulations, live ammunition never allowed on set. icu there's a licensed armor or prop master in charge of handling the weapons, including the loading of the blanks themselves. that person usually in charge of showing the weapons to the cast and crew, teaching them how to use it, and also us...