THE gun Alec Baldwin fired in the fatal shooting on the Rust movie set was handed to the actor loaded with a live round, according to a warrant from the ongoing police investigation.
The warrant says that an assistant director handed the gun to the actor and told him that it was "cold" before he fired it, fatally striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza on Thursday.
The warrant, obtained by the Associated Press, also says that the assistant director was not aware that the gun was loaded. The gun that was fired was one of three laid on a cart by the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
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