authorities have already seized guns, boxes of ammunition, and spent rounds from the ranch. prop master neil zoromski says he walked away from a job to work on the movie because he could see the low-budget film was cutting corners. the dynamic that the producers were orchestrating was unsafe reporter: amid new calls for legislation that bans real weapons on sets, tonight a push to prevent another tragedy that comes too late after a scene here went terribly wrong here at the ranch, the preliminary investigation appears over tomorrow the sheriff will join the district attorney to lay out their case lester. all right miguel, thank you. authorities here and in europe have arrested 150 people in a big crackdown on illicit drug sales on part of the internet known as the dark net. more than $31 million in cash and cryptocurrency was seized in 14 states and 7 european countries. the suspects are accused of illegally selling fentanyl,
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in our national lead, moments ago cnn obtained what may be the final photograph of halyna hutchins working on the new mexico film set before her tragic death. a crew member shared this image on facebook from the set of the film rust. that s hutchins to the right of the camera in a puffy jacket, headphones seen with alec baldwin in the background. there s also new reporting that the gun was filled with live ammo just hours before that tragedy, used by crew members, we re told, for target practice. that s according to sources who spoke to the site the rat and as stephanie elam reports, it s raising series new questions about what safety protocols were actually followed on set. reporter: the rust movie set now shut down as more details emerge about what the set was like before the fatal shot fired by alec baldwin that killed the film s director of
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said is a veteran had he worked on lower-budget films before? i m wondering if his surprise was in general, you know, general surprise that would be for anybody who hadn t worked on a low-budget film and expected to sort of cut corners and, i assume, in some ways with a low budget. versus, he had worked on low-budget films before but this one seemed different? um, he has been working on low-budget films. he had just finished a streaming production on the east coast before this opportunity came up. i think one of the things that we ve seen sort of a trendline that s come out of this reporting is that, you know, hollywood has been gearing up to just was shut down for several months during covid. it s gearing up, and the pr producers are just you know, it s go, go, go, to try to make up for lost time and fill this this whole, you know,
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handed it to baldwin, indicating it was not loaded with live ammo. but the actor firing what he thought was a secured gun instead killing halyna hutchins as she set up the camera shot and injuring the film s director. we need help immediately. reporter: it s a tragedy many say they saw coming. including veteran prop master neill who told the l.a. times he turned down the prop master job calling the production an accident waiting to happen. and warning corners were being cut on safety p. i impressed upon them there were great concerns about that and they really didn t respond to my concerns about that. the affidavit also painting a picture of the low-budget film plagued by problems. that morning, camera people walked off set over pay and housing disputes. the scene in which baldwin was to fire the weapon happening after lunch. but the gun was ruled safe before lunch. the film s director couldn t confirm to detectives if it was checked after everyone returned to the set raising t
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