but doing it, it went really smoothly. dad has taught me everything, but a lot of things, you know, i kind of caught on by myself observation? yeah, just observation, watching him do things or just knowing how the firearms work. i think loading blanks was the scariest thing to me because i was like, oh, i don t know anything about it. z the last part is especially haunting on two bases, right? how can loading blanks be scary, and how do you hire someone who doesn t know what they re doing by their own admission? then there was the physical director who physically handled the weapon to baldwin and gave him the go-ahead that it was safe to use, allegedly shouting, cold gun. his name is dave halls. we re learning halls was fired from a previous movie he was working on over another gun incident that injured a crew
actor alec baldwin cross drawing his weapon and pointing the revolver towards the camera lens. the director said while baldwin was rehearsing he heard what sounded like a while and a large pop. souza says he remembers the phrase cold gun being used on set meaning the gun was safe. souza also says guns on the film set was supposed to be checked by the film s arm roar and again by dave halls, the assistant director who handed the gun to baldwin. halls was mentioned by at least one 911 caller. he s supposed the check the guns. he s responsible. reporter: cbs news is learning halls was fired from a previous movie after a gun incident on that set injured a crew member. this isn t the first time a fatal shooting happened on a movie set. bruce lee s son brandon lee was killed in a similar accident almost 30 years ago on the set of the movie the crow. shannon lee is his sister. there s no need to have real