THE assistant director who reportedly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded gun that led to the fatal shooting on the Rust film set worked on the sequel to The Crow, where B
randon Lee was killed.
Assistant director Dave Halls grabbed a gun from a cart an armorer had placed it on and handed it to the actor,
believing that it was unloaded, according to a search warrant filed as part of the ongoing investigation.
Actor Brandon Lee was killed on the 1993 set of The CrowCredit: Rex
Assistant director Dave Halls believed the gun he gave Baldwin was 'cold,' according to a warrantCredit: Twitter/Dave Halls
Halls even told Baldwin the weapon was "cold," according to the warrant.
In an ironic twist, Halls also worked on The Crow: Salvation, the sequel to the 1993 film The Crow,
where actor Brandon Lee was tragically killed in a similar gun mishap.
Lee, the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, died at age 28 after being hit by a .44-caliber slug while filming a death scene for the movie.
In that incident, a prop gun that was supposed to fire a blank let off a live round, killing the actor.
After Thursday's accident, Lee's family took to social media to send condolences for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed, and director Joel Souza, who was injured in the shooting.
“Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and all involved in the incident on ‘Rust,’” the family
tweeted from an account dedicated to Lee. “No one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set. Period.”