Warrant: Alec Baldwin Was Not Aware Weapon Contained Live Round Before Shooting

An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer and injured the director on the set of Rust, court records released Friday show.“Cold gun,” the assistant director announced, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court.Instead, the gun was loaded with live rounds, and when Baldwin pulled the trigger Thursday on the set of the Western, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was struck and killed, law officials said. Director Joel Souza, who was standing behind her, was wounded.The ......