these allegations that have just come out and a feel for what was going on on this set. that you think. lane looper, i appreciate you. thank you so much, chris. i really appreciate it. let s take a break, when we come back, the handoff. so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? you got it. liberty, liberty - liberty, liberty uh, i ll settle for something i can dance to. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty only pay for what you need. liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty
tampered with the ammo. she tried to do her best, she could not be around the cart 24/7. there were other assistants watching the ammo before she could be. reporter: the sheriff says gutierrez reeds and hall remaining the investigation. reporter: lane looper resigns hours before the fatal shooting. everybody is trying to reach for answer. allegations like that thatshort and lame and quite frankly offensive. reporter: the production company has not responded to the new allegation. we ll be following that story and as we round out the hour, let s take a look ahead at politics of the week.
there was a box of dummy rounds, and the box is labeled dummy. she loaded rounds from that box into the handgun only later to find out there is a she had no idea, she expected the rounds, but there was a live round. now we re assuming somebody put the live round in that box, which if you think about that, the person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging the set. they don t know that any of that happened, by the way. they don t have any evidence of that. okay. so what does it mean? we re going to talk about it with a crew member because crew members are coming forward. you re about to meet one of them who wanted off of that set because of unsafe working conditions, okay? our guest was rust s camera chief. he left the day before this happened. his name is lane looper. thank you very much. let me bounce a couple of tech questions off of you, and then
opinion, that s sheer negligence. it s not paying attention to what you re doing. it s absolute responsibility as the armorer to make sure you re loading the firearm and inspecting it before and after, and also not loading the firearm until right before you re going to shoot. you see we actually have instructions for that. we have industry wide safety bullets that specifically spell this out. now, you left the job right before because of safety concerns. i want you to talk about it in the context of the response from the rust producers. okay? mr. looper s allegations around budget and safety are false, patently. he had absolutely nothing to do with or knowledge of safety protocols or budgets, safety is always the number one priority on our films, and it s truly awful to see some using this tragedy for personal gain. you make the case of why you had
for murder. but, of course, it is important to point out that theory was floated without any evidence. we re hearing from some former set members who have concerns about safety on the set, one of them, a man named lane looper, spoke last night with chris cuomo, asked about this sabotage theory, he s not buying it. take a listen. if they had any evidence of that, they should be talking to the sheriff and not morning television shows. it is dangerous. it is an irresponsible theory to put out on tv. reporter: in his resignation letter the day before that actual shooting, he wrote, i feel anxious on set, i have seen firsthand our assistant director rush to get shots and he skips over important protocols. sometimes ad rushes so quickly the props department hasn t had the chance to bring earplugs. and he rolls and the actors fire anyway. it is important to point out the production company rejected any idea this was an unsafe set. alec baldwin himself came out and reposting a very forcefu