as cnn s stephanie elam reports, newly released documents show the assistant director who handed alec baldwin the gun told investigators he did not check all of the rounds loaded in the weapon before the deadly shooting. the facts are clear. a weapon was handed to mr. baldwin. the weapon is functional and fired a live round killing ms. hutchins and injuring mr. souza. reporter: the gun fired by alec baldwin and killing director of photography halyna hutchins on the set of rust held a suspected live round. the actual projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr. souza. until it s proven by the crime lab it s a suspected live round that was fired. reporter: the sheriff suspecting some of the 500 rounds of ammunition recovered are live but only one of the recovered guns appears functional. the other weapon is a single action army .45 revolver.
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
a book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! breaking news in our national lead on the tragic deadly shooting on that new mexico film set last week. cnn has just learned the person who handed actor alec baldwin the gun, the assistant director on the movie rust had been fired from a previous film after a gun incident injured a crew member there. as cnn s stephanie elam reports, there are new reports today of at least two accidental prop gun discharges on this film set, rust in the days leading up to the shooting. reporter: alec baldwin thought he was firing a cold gun during rehearsal. instead, it was a shot that proved fatal. a newly released affidavit
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