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Assistant director of Baldwin film fired after 2019 gun mishap

<i>Jae C. Hong/AP</i><br/>This aerial photo shows a film set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe.
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This aerial photo shows a film set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe.

By MORGAN LEE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and HILLEL ITALIE
Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer last week had been fired from a previous job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the film crew. That’s according to a producer who spoke Monday to The Associated Press. In an email statement to the AP, the producer for the movie “Freedom’s Path” confirmed that Dave Halls was fired from the production. The producer wrote that Halls was removed from the set immediately. His firing from “Freedom’s Path” was first reported by CNN. Halls has not returned messages seeking comment.

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