the cinematographer. so tom, nbc news is reporting, and that also goes along with the l.a. times, that this was a prop gun that misfired before the fatal shooting. prop gun may be applied to just the word of something being used in a movie, right? but we know it prompted some crew members leave. they were protesting the safety situation. what kind of questions will investigators be asking those people responsible for handling the weapons and its safety, and should they also be talking with the crew that left before the accident? well, there will be two investigations. there s, of course, the criminalcretion that law enforcement is going to do and has already started probably the day the incident happened. questioning people, looking and taking possession of the weapon that was fired, the prop gun, or the gun that was fired. and then looking back at the forensics. you re looking back to find out how a live round either
and his lack of respect for personal space. the complaint was made on the second film he had worked on for the studio in april 2019. and he was not rehired by the studio again. halls declined to comment when reached by nbc news. alex. very comprehensive report. thank you so much, erin, for that. let s bring in tom ruscon, former nypd detective and president of the protective group. tom, a couple things i want to drill down, first of all. erin s report talked about a live round. does that apply to blanks and bullets when it s called a live round? or is it just bullets or just blanks? a bullet is a live round. and a bullet is very easily described as a projectile on the top of a gun powder round. it s very easy to differentiate between a blank and a bullet. a bullet, as i said, has a rounded top to it.
negligently or purposely got into that gun to be able to be fired to kill somebody. and then there s the simultaneous investigation, civil, which will eventually sue the production for the negligent death of the cinematographer and the assault on the director. alec baldwin s cooperating with investigators. what do you think are the likely questions being asked of him? what he knew, when he knew it, did he look at the weapon, did he look at the prop gun? did he notice anything? i don t know what his experience is with prop guns or real guns. but those are all questions that i would be asking or detectives working with me would be asking of baldwin. all right, tom, thank you so much for giving us your perspective. very valuable. the heavy hitter, former president barack obama stumping for democrats in virginia and new jersey. how will he impact those key