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cnn s lucy kjoins us from san jose. what more are you hearing about the previous gun incidents we are hearing on sets? cnn has learned that assistant director dave halls was the subject of complaints over safety as well as behavior on set on two different productions back in 2019. sources tell cnn that these complaints include a disregard for safety with gun safety, and pyrotechnics, things like having exit lanes, and fire exits being consistently blocked and also reports of inappropriate sexual behavior. now cnn spoke to maggie gold, a prop maker and a licensed pyro technician. she told cnn halls neglected to hold safety meetings and announce a weapon on set. the only reason the crew was made aware is because the
meetings or assurance it wouldn t happen again. all they wanted to do is rush, rush, rush. hours before hutchen s tragic death, several crew members walked offset. rust production company said it was not notified of any official complaints. a charge of negligent homicide is likely but not necessarily for the person that pulled the trigger, more likely for those in the chain of command. reporter: new allegations against dave halls, the assistant director responsible for safety onset and the man that handed baldwin the loaded gun. licensed pyro technician failed to maintain a safe environment when she worked with him on a previous project. basically yelling at people we need to get things done and ignoring people when they say they need a minute to do something safely. reporter: she raised concerns about halls to production but nothing happened. same things that happened on our show happened here with more
hutchins. another vigil is planned for tonight. baldwin was seen over the weekend hugging hutchinson s distraught husband. tonight we re hearing more about the man responsible for safety on that set and allegations that he missed basic safety protocols in the past. i know we re all united right now in our grief and sorrow. reporter: in new mexico grief and countless unanswered questions after alec baldwin fired a gun on set that killed cinematographer helena hutchins. this as new details emerged about the film s assistant director. the crew member responsible for safety on set and the man who handed baldwin the loaded gun, declaring it safe moments before 42-year-old hutchins was shot dead. court records say he did not know live rounds were in the prop gun. you said someone was shot? two people accidentally. reporter: this licensed pyro
member said he had no knowledge of the events that led to helena hutchins death, but said movie sets are, in his words, by nature dangerous environment. he also said a bright, talented, striking, fierce mother was killed, and alec baldwin s life is forever ruined. meantime, dave halls, the assistant director on the film said rust was the subject of complaints in 2018. that is according to maggie gold. she is a pyro technician who has worked with halls. she said disregard for protocols for weapons and pyrotechnics used during hulu s into the dark. in a statement to cnn, gold said the only reason they were made aware of the weapon s presence, the master prop announced the