'Rust' AD admits he didn't check rounds before handing gun to Alec Baldwin

After cinematographer Halyna Hutchins accidentally died by a gunshot fired by actor Alec Baldwin on the 'Rust' film set, the movie's first assistant director admits of not checking the weapon before.

Los Angeles: David Halls, the first assistant director on 'Rust', has admitted to investigators that he should have checked a weapon for live rounds before giving it to veteran star Alec Baldwin, according to a search warrant affidavit.

Baldwin fired the weapon while rehearsing a scene on October 21 at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the director, Joel Souza, reports variety.com.

Hutchins was airlifted to a hospital in Albuquerque, where she died.