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Crew members on the set of "Rust" used live ammunition weapons and engaged in a hobby called "plinking" hours before Halyna Hutchins died, The Wrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman said. to CNN's Don Lemon on Monday night, citing information from a person with knowledge of the set.
One of the pistols used was later turned over to actor Alec Baldwin, who fired the shot that killed 42-year-old Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza, The Wrap reported.
"There is a hobby that team members do sometimes, it's called 'plinking,' and they go out into rural areas and shoot beer cans. This is with live ammunition. We found out that this happened the morning of the day in that Halyna Hutchins died, "Waxman said.
Waxman told CNN that "plinking" is common when there are dead times during a shoot.
CNN has not been able to confirm the information from The Wrap.
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When asked by The Wrap to comment on this information, the producers of "Rust" referred to their earlier statement sent to the media, including CNN: "The safety of our cast and crew is the top priority of Rust Productions and of everyone associated with the company. Although we have not heard of any official complaints about the safety of weapons or accessories on the set, we will carry out an internal review of our procedures while production is stopped. We will continue to cooperate with the authorities of Santa Fe in their investigation and we will offer mental health services to the cast and crew during this tragic time. "
The incident occurred Thursday at the Bonanza Creek ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
There were at least two accidental gun shots on the set of "Rust" before the incident that ended in one death, reports say.
Souza, who was wounded in the shoulder, told investigators that the prop pistol went off while Baldwin practiced drawing his weapon, according to an affidavit for a search warrant.
The director spoke with investigators on Friday, according to the affidavit released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office on Sunday.
Souza told them that Baldwin was "sitting on a bench in a church building, and that he was practicing a cross shot," the affidavit says.
A cross draw is when a shooter draws the weapon from a holster on the opposite side of the body from the hand that is drawn.
Souza was looking over Hutchins' shoulder "when he heard what sounded like a whiplash and then a loud bang," according to the affidavit.
Souza also confirmed to an investigator that he heard the term "cold weapon" on the set of "Rust," meaning that the firearm should have been empty.
According to the court order, Souza said that three people had tampered with the firearms for the scenes, which were checked by the gunsmith and the first assistant director and then handed over to the actor who used them.
The investigator said Souza was not aware of anyone on set being checked for live ammunition before or after shooting the scenes.
"The only thing that is checked are the firearms to avoid having live ammunition in them. Joel (Souza) stated that there should never be live ammunition near or around the scene," the affidavit said.
Souza's representatives have not responded to requests for comment from CNN.
No charges have been filed.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office says it will discuss the case further at a news conference Wednesday.
Previous incidents on the set
There were at least two accidental props gun discharges on the set of "Rust" in the days leading up to the fatal shooting, according to multiple news reports.
The volleys occurred on October 16, when team members accidentally fired two shots after being told the gun was "cold," the Los Angeles Times reported, citing two team members who were allegedly witnesses to the incident.
It is not known whether the downloads included live bullets.
No one was injured in the accidental discharges, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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The assembler who prepared the prop gun used by Baldwin on Thursday was identified in the search warrant documents as Hannah Gutierrez.
She had recently finished working on her first project as a weapons chief, she stated in a podcast interview in September.
"At first I was very nervous," Gutiérrez said of her work as a weapons chief on the set of the film "The Old Way," starring Nicolas Cage.
"I was on the verge of not taking the job because I wasn't sure I was ready, but doing it, it kind of went very well for me," she said in an interview on the "Voices of the West" podcast, dedicated to the Old West.
Her job as a setter ranges from teaching actors how to wear a pistol belt to aiming and shooting, she said.
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