accounting of what happened in the moments before and after baldwin pulled the trigger, killing the director of photography and wounding the doctor. we know assistant director dave halls granted the gun from the cart, handed it to baldwin, and yelled cold gun indicating the weapon was safe. but the affidavit of a detective indicates the weapon was loaded instead. we have collected 600 items of evidence, these include but are not limited to three firearms, approximately 500 rounds of ammunition, and several pieces of clothing and accessories. we believe that we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by mr. baldwin. 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 round that was fired from the revolver by mr. baldwin. we have recovered what we believe to be possible additional live rounds on set. much of the attention in recent days has focused not only on baldwin and that assistant director but also on the film s firearms specialists also known as an armorer. court records show the gun baldwin used was one of three that the armorer, hannah
misfires of the same prop gun baldwin used led several crew members to walk off the set hours before the accident. the film s production company says it was not made aware of any official complaints. margaret gall is a prop maker who says halls did not maintain a safe working environment on a previous project they worked on together. he did not have any care whatsoever to those conditions in any of our experiences, and especially not in my experiences. reporter: 24-year-old hannah gutierrez reed was in charge of weapons on the set in new mexico. she recently discussed her experience on a podcast. by all means i m still learning. i think loading blanks was like the scariest thing to me because i was like, oh, i don t know anything about it. reporter: hollywood gathered overnight to mourn a life taken too soon. nbc news has reached out to
western thriller starring baldwin. according to an affidavit, the prop gun baldwin was handed was mistaken for a cold gun, meaning it did not have live rounds. baldwin, seen here visibly distraught the day of the shooting, said in a tweet, there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of halyna hutchins. the armorer that handles the guns was identified as hannah gutierrez. in september, she told a podcast she was nervous handling the prop guns fair previous movie. i almost didn t take the job because i wasn t sure i was ready but doing it, like, it went really smoothly. reporter: hutchins husband shared this photo of halyna and her son and gave this statement about the rising talent, our loss is enormous, and we ask that the media please respect my family a privacy as we process our grief. a small vigil will be held tonight in albuquerque to honor the cinematographer. jamie. yuccas: such a tragedy.
criminally responsible. when we do things in any job we have we reasonably rely upon other people because we operate as a team. in the event it was indicated cold gun, he had no reason to believe it was just that, tchts it was a prop and it would never hurt anyone. so it s difficult to charge him. i think moving on from that last point, pamela, they ll look at other people and what their roles, responsibilities and jobs were. and i think you could make the argument clearly there was negligence here. as to whether that arises to the level of criminality, that s really a harder thing to establish. but certainly they ll look at everything here to determine what s warranted moving forward. natalie baldwin iswas in a unique position in this case. steve, that gun baldwin used was referred to a prop gun. is there any reason why a live round might have been inside the gun s chamber? if not, are there any firewalls