What went wrong in Alec Baldwin prop gun accident?

authorities say that actor alec baldwin shot and killed a woman on the set of his upcoming film rust in new mexico the woman was the film's cinematographer the director was also wounded according to the stage actors union baldwin's prop gun contain quote a single live round court documents state that before fatal shooting alec baldwin was handed a loaded gun on the film set by a director who wasn't aware it was loaded fox news digital has just obtained a 911 call from a script supervisor on the set and the script supervisor can be heard blaming an assistant director for failing to make sure the prop gun was safe here's a part of that call so was it loaded with a real bullet or one yeah i don't i cannot tell you that okay we have two injuries from a movie done shot okay we're getting them out there already just stay on the phone with me okay that yelled at me at lunch because asking about revisions did you see anything over my chest and yell at me he's supposed to check the gun she's responsible deadline is now reporting that there had been a recent accidental discharge of the prop gun on the set and the la times is reporting that crew members walked off the set just hours before the shooting one crew member was reportedly complaining about gun safety tim clementi is a hollywood technical consultant and former fbi special agent and he joins us now so tim on a legitimate movie set with safety protocols when you're dealing with a prop gun what would go into something like using a gun during the filming the first thing jesse is always the safety rules there's four rules of firearm safety that you follow with any gun treat every weapon if it's as if it's loaded never point a gun at anything you're not willing to kill or destroy never put your finger on the trigger unless you're killed willing to kill or destroy and always be aware of what's in front of behind and around your target all four of those rules were violated on that movie set and if you follow those rules nobody's in danger and nobody gets hurt and i don't know that alec baldwin is to blame the producers the the a.d that that woman mentioned the assistant director there's probably a whole host of people because this is a cascading set of issues that led to this happening clearly it wasn't just alec having the gun in his hand it was him not knowing that it was possibly loaded him not treating it like it was loaded and you know he bears a little bit of responsibility as a producer on set to make sure these things are being done and clearly they weren't so one round i guess wounded one person and killed another are you thinking it was some sort of ricochet situation well generally the director and the director of photography are in very close proximity to each other on the set they're usually right next to the camera or right behind the camera or somewhere very close by and it's possible that it was one round but possibly not a bullet there could have been something else another shell casing that was in the gun i understand since this is a i guess a period piece that is most likely that it was a revolver and so it is possible that the wrong caliber was put in first or something else was introduced into the chamber which was still in the chamber and then a blank was put into the cylinder the cylinder rotates the gun fires and whatever's in that in that barrel can be projected down the barrel that could fragment and hit two people at the same time or it could literally go through one person into the other and it looks like sloppiness because there was another incident apparently days earlier where there was a discharge situation that people were concerned about and you know investigators are going to look at everything they're going to look at sloppiness they're going to look at sabotage i think everything is on the table here you don't have a loaded weapon on a set like that and treat it that cavalierly without multiple protocols being violated it's just such a tragedy and i don't see any sort of real explanation besides little leaks that we're hearing throughout the day in your opinion and you've you're familiar with this kind of situation what does your gut tell you about what happened well i think there again there's a failure there's supposed to be a prop master there's usually an armorer whenever you have weapons on set both of those people are very responsible ordinarily and they would be the person that you would go to with the weapon before and after you're going to use it and so somebody should have handed the actor in this case alec baldwin a weapon and said alec this is loaded don't point it in anybody don't put your finger on the trigger when you shoot it make sure you're pointing it in a safe direction it's got a blank in it and this you know it can still cause harm and then alex should have recognized that once the shot is done the gun is taken away by the prop master the armor or whoever's responsible on set clearly there was none of that apparently during a rehearsal he was holding the gun in his hand and i don't know if this accident occurred during the rehearsal or during an actual uh scene they were filming but either way there's as i said there's several people that are responsible and i think one of the reasons we're not hearing a lot of detail coming out is because there could be criminal liability absolutely i don't i don't disparage i don't disparage any of the people involved as as individuals right but there are there are ramifications when something like this happens and unfortunately it can be criminal right and according to the 9-1-1 call it looks like it wasn't the armorer or the prop master that handed the gun it was the assistant director so all of those things were not followed tim thanks so much for the insight

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Length: 5min 56sec (356 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 23 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/GloomyAd594]

Hey Tim Clemente, would you mind doing a case study of Alec’s wife Hilaria? Ples.

[u/desolateheaven]

Christ, she couldn't wait to blame the AD. Technically, she is right, he should have checked the prop, but she does not mention the armourer whose responsibility it is to ensure the safety of the gun. He shouted at her, so it's all his fault, 100 per cent.

[u/Far_Example_9150]

Who is the AD?

[u/CommercialStyle4551]

Good God.

That 911 call 🤦‍♀️

You know how murderers always give way too many superfluous details and immediately blame other people or the victim themselves when they're guilty? Yeah, that.

(Not saying she's a murderer, of course, duh, just saying I find it odd her tone wasn't more expressing of concern and her speech more hurried & pressured; I also think it's weird her focus wasn't more on the victims. I haven't listened to the entire thing, though, just this excerpt)

It's like her first thoughts are of assigning blame away from Alec or the production, not saving the two people's lives

[u/Guilty_Arm7545]

On my line of job I made a few 911 calls. They're never like this, no matter how much stress is involved. Nobody's wasting each other time, and operators always tell what can be done before help arrives. This one doesn't even like an emergency call.

[u/idontknowhowtopark]

Couldn't figure out how to add text? Anyway, I realize Fox News may have an axe to grind but this is the first time I heard the 911 and from listening to it once, I pretty much agree with the expert.

[u/[deleted]]

Whoever the chick is on the call, she sounds like a fucking bitch.