Alec Baldwin was unknowingly handed a loaded prop gun before the fatal shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the set of the upcoming western film Rust.
According to a warrant obtained by TMZ Friday, the cast and crew were reportedly inside a building at the Bonanza Creek Ranch when assistant director Dave Halls picked up one of three guns that the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, had placed on a rolling cart outside.
When the assistant director grabbed the weapon and brought it inside to the 63-year-old actor, he had yelled “cold gun,” meaning that it was not loaded and safe to handle.
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