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Initial reports indicate that the assistant director, Halls, handed Baldwin the gun, despite rules suggesting that only the armorer or someone specifically trained should do so. Furthermore, affidavits reveal that Gutierrez-Reed may have mishandled weapons on previous projects, including firing a gun without warning during a Nicholas Cage film—an incident that angered Cage, who believed the safety breach could have caused hearing damage. Witnesses also report that Gutierrez-Reed entered the set with live rounds and did not announce when carrying firearms, practices considered reckless and dangerous.