Gun-safety protocol on sets in the United States has improved since then, said Steven Hall, a veteran director of photography in Britain. In another on-set accident in 1993, the actor Brandon Lee was killed after a bullet was left in a prop gun, and similar shootings have occurred involving stage weapons that were loaded with live rounds. That proved to be the case in the death of an actor in 1984. Even blanks can eject hot gases and paper or plastic wadding from the barrel that can be lethal at close range. Guns used in making movies are sometimes real weapons that can fire either bullets or blanks, which are gunpowder charges that produce a flash and a bang but no deadly projectile. Images of the 63-year-old actor - known for his roles in '30 Rock' and 'The Hunt for Red October' and his impression of former President Donald Trump on 'Saturday Night Live' - showed him distraught outside the sheriff's office on Thursday. No immediate charges were filed, and sheriff's spokesman Juan Rios said Baldwin was permitted to travel. 'My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.' I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation,' Baldwin wrote on Twitter. 'There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. Mitchell said she and other crew members were attending a private memorial service Friday night in Santa Fe.Д«aldwin described the killing as a 'tragic accident.' She was an extraordinary, rare, very rare woman.' 'This woman is gone at the beginning of her career. 'I ran out and called 911 and said 'Bring everybody, send everybody,'' Mitchell told The Associated Press. The film's script supervisor, Mamie Mitchell, said she was standing next to Hutchins when she was shot. The Associated Press was unable to contact Gutierrez, and several messages sent to production companies affiliated with the film were not immediately returned Friday. Halls did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment. (Sonia Recchia/Getty Images/TNS) ORG XMIT: 30252835W Gutierrez removed a shell casing from the gun after the shooting, and she turned the weapon over to police when they arrived, the court records say.ДЇilmmaker Halyna Hutchins attends the 2018 Sundance Film Festival Official Kickoff Party Hosted By SundanceTV during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at SundanceTV HQ on Jan. It was unclear how many rounds were fired. Assistant director Dave Halls grabbed the gun from the cart and brought it inside to Baldwin, unaware that it was loaded with live rounds, a detective wrote in the search warrant application. The gun was one of three that the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez, had set on a cart outside the wooden structure where a scene was being acted, according to the records. They sought to examine Baldwin's blood-stained costume for the film 'Rust,' as well as the weapon that was fired, other prop guns and ammunition, and any footage that might exist. The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office obtained the warrant Friday so investigators could document the scene at the ranch outside Santa Fe where the shooting took place. Director Joel Souza, who was standing behind her, was wounded, the records said. Instead, the gun was loaded with live rounds, and when Baldwin pulled the trigger Thursday on the set of a Western, he killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. 'Cold gun,' the assistant director announced, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court. An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show.

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