set, covid protocols as well as gun safety, this is according to news reports in the la times. thank you so much. appreciate that. so safety measures on film sets can be the difference between life and death. earlier i spoke with ben simmons, who was a firearms instructor on movie sets, and asked him to break down what those protocols are generally, and here s what he had to say. usually you would try and avoid using a real gun unless you have to, and it would be a discussion between those in charge on the set between the director, the actor, the stunt coordinator, the armorer, the person providing the gun and responsible for the safety. you would have a discussion and a rehearsal about where the gun would be pointing. and you rehearse and the actor would be able to point the gun
inside. the shot killed cinematographer halyna hutchins and injured director joel souza. a cast member for the movie says sets by nature are dangerous environments, though they had no direct knowledge of the events that led up to the shooting. cnn correspondent lucy cavanaugh is in santa fe where the investigation is under way. what more are you learning? reporter: well, sheriffs tell us tele not be updating the public before monday. we know they are combing through the scene, trying to gather evidence. the affidavit indicates that they seized a lot of the film material, cell phones, cameras, anything that could shed light on what exactly took place that fateful thursday afternoon and we are getting more details from the affidavit. we understand that the team, the crew was on the film set of rust at the bonanza creek ranch early on thursday afternoon. alec baldwin was wearing his
we outreached to the parents with trusted messages, particularly some of the most trusted messages are the family pediatrician, who most parents have a good teadeal of confiden in and we re trying to get people to realize it is for the benefit of the children, as well as the entire family unit to get the child vaccinated. the vaccinations and vaccines in question are highly effective and safe. so you heard that from dr. anthony fauci, who believes that this is a good move for the country as a whole. we also heard the same, fred, from the cdc director, rochelle wa wolinski. some parents are so excited. they were hoping that their kids could get vaccinated before halloween. that s a little too soon. if everything lines up with the timeline we re looking at,
western-style costume. he was inside the church, presumably preparing to film a scene. we understand according to the affidavit the assistant director was outside of the building, three prop weapons were laid out on a cart, prepared by the armorer, the person in charge of the prop weapons. the assistant director grabbed one, walked inside the structure, handed it to alec baldwin and shouted cold gun , which is meant to indicate there are no live rounds in the weapon. we understand that alec baldwin took the gun and fired, miss halyna hutchins was shot in the chest. she was pronounced dead upon arriving to the hospital where she was airlifted. the director of the film, 48-year-old joel souza was shot in the shoulder ands was taken to a local hospital. we re not sure about his condition, but presumably he is recovering in hospital.