Alec Baldwin

It's not a possibility that they came from PDQ or from myself personally.

When we send dummy rounds out, they get individually rattle tested before they get sent out.

If something were to come up, some sort of evidence, of course that would be investigated.

But not one person has brought up sabotage.

It didn't happen.

This was not sabotage, this was incompetence.

It turns out there are detailed guidelines for firearm use on set that are put out by a labor and management safety committee.

Safety bullet number one states that live ammunition is never to be brought onto a film set.

There's 44 different bulletins right now, everything from firearms to how to handle helicopter operations on set.

There are recommended guidelines adopted after the tragic accident during filming for the Twilight Zone movie in 1982.

Actor Vic Morrow and two children were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them.

There's no law governing how to run a film set.

We follow the industry guidelines.

Someone who doesn't follow the guidelines is someone who will find it very, very difficult to be hired again in this industry.

There are no laws that mandate.

It's industry standards that we have to trust industry professionals are following.

And at the vigil for Helena, there were reminders of another tragic on-set death involving a young woman, one that also put a spotlight on safety in the film industry.

After standing here seven years ago for Sarah Jones and sharing the stage with another family, we're here again.

The first thing I thought when I heard about the tragedy on the set of Russ and the killing of Helena Hutchins was the terrible tragedy of just a few years earlier on the set of Midnight Rider and the death of camera crew member Sarah Jones.

Sarah Jones was an assistant camera operator doing a job that her parents told us meant the world to her.