re: The civil suits on the Baldwin shooting are going to be EPIC!

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Was it an actual bullet that killed the cinematographer, or was it a projectile from a blank?

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Wondering this as well on top of why would they have live rounds loaded in gun in first place. If modifying live rounds to use as dummy rounds for realism with revolvers I think I would have used someone with more experience as armorer than just having one recent movie experience in position regardless of who father is. I also would have made sure after all the chaos with union crew leaving, coming back, and forced off that gun or other safety situations were not rushed in any manner. That’s a situation she might not have been prepared for with just one prior movie in position especially if AD pushing to get things done quickly. Also not sure if AD is the one to hand the gun to actors in first place.

I did read the following which may be causing some confusion- “…in the film industry "live” can mean any sort of round loaded in a gun even including a blank.”

I reread article on Brandon Lee’s death and that was caused by using improvised live rounds as dummy rounds which had powdered charge removed but not the primers which was enough to separate bullet from casing and also partially into barrel during a prior scene. The gun wasn’t cleared after, and in a scene filmed later a blank round used (primer and powdered charge but no bullet) forced the bullet out and hit Lee.

Jon-Erik Hexum was killed by a blank round from the wadding and force of blank round with barrel held right up against his temple playing Russian roulette when he got bored during a delay in filming.