one injured. reporter: overnight a vigil held in albuquerque, new mexico to remember halyna hutchins who died after ale baldwin fired a gun declared safe. he was seen comforting her husband and son, countless unanswered questions and the potential for serious legal consequences. nbc learned days before the tragic day of shooting, the gun was involved in other accidental misfires. the l.a. times said baldwin s stunt devil fired two rounds after being told the gun was cold, not loaded the same thing yelled out moments before baldwin shot and killed hutchins, injuring the film s director and a crew member telling the l.a. times there should have been an investigation into what happened and there were no safety
they have live ammunition on the set. but, you know, this does beg the question why what else could hollywood be doing here if there are accidents? and i think as this film producer told me there is a discussion about cgi and special effects replacing real guns. this person told me that special effects is so much cheaper down in india and there is no real reason why guns even need to be on the set. when you think about the marvel movie and the special effects in movies today, it certainly does beg the question of why you need guns. this person explained to me there would likely be pushback from the ammunitions people that work onsets. you might argue that actors wouldn t recoil when they shoot the gun. and, so, that wouldn t seem realistic. this person also explained to me what happens in those safety meetings. apparently on the set of rust, that didn t happen.
remember halyna hutchins. no one should die on a film set ever. the 42-year-old was killed this week on the set of the movie rust after alec baldwin fired a prop gun that moments before was declared safe. countless unanswered questions and the potential for serious legal consequences. nbc learned days before the tragic shooting the gun in question was involved in other accidental misfires. the l.a. times reporting baldwin s stunt double fired two rounds after being told the gun was cold, meaning not loaded. the same thing yelled out moments before baldwin shot and killed hutchins, injurying the film s director. there were no safety meetings. there was no assurance that it wouldn t happen again. all they wanted to do was rush, rush, rush. hours before hutchins tragic death, nbc has learned several
pyrotechnics, things like fire lanes, for example, and exit being consistently blocked. that s the word used by one of the sources. instances of inappropriate sexuality behavior. one pyrotechnician said that he neglected to hold safety meetings as consistently failed to announce the presence of a firearm on set to the crew. that s usually standard procedure for safety on sets like this. she tells cnn that, quote, the only reason the crew was made aware of the weapon s sprens because of the assistant prop master demand that david acknowledge and announce situation each day. now another crew members told cnn when halls did have the safety meetings he was quite dismissive and short. he questioned the need to have them in the first place. now, we have reached out to mr. halls to try to get a reaction to some of these allegations. we have not yet heard back. fredericka. and then lucy, everyone is still mourning the loss of
now, we are learning as you point out more details. sources tell cnn that david halls was a subject of several complaints over safety as well as his behavior on two productions back in 2019. they included disregard for safety protocols and pyrotechnics, fire lanes and exits were reportedly illegally blocked, consistently blocked, sources say. there was also, according to some sources, instances of inappropriate sexual behavior. one pyrotechnician who worked with halls on hulu s into the dark series said he failed to hold safety meetings and failed to announce the presence of a firearm to crew, standard protocol or should be at least on most movie and television set. this source tells cnn and i quote the only reason the crew was made aware of the weapon s presence was the assistant propmaster demanded dave acknowledge and announce the