He refused to speculate, when questioned by reporters, about what happened to result in a single bullet evidently killing one and then injuring another person.
Mr Mendoza also confirmed that his office was investigating reports of informal incidents of target practice having taken place on or near the set before the incident, and rumors of crew members drinking the night before. Mr Baldwin was “cross drawing” the revolver from its holster while Halyna Hutchins, the film’s director of photography, and Mr Souza were standing by, checking camera angles.
“It’s a suspected live round that was fired but it did fire from the weapon and it did cause injury. That would lead us to believe it was a live round,” he said, referring to the round as a lead bullet.