Warrant: Baldwin Didn’t Know Weapon Contained Live Round

Warrant: Baldwin Didn’t Know Weapon Contained Live Round
Executive Producer Alec Baldwin attends the 2020 Sundance Film Festival-"Beast Beast" Premiere at Prospector Square Theatre in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 25, 2020. Jim Bennett/Getty Images
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SANTA FE, N.M.—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, court records released Friday show.

“Cold gun,” the assistant director announced, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court.