Checking Alec Baldwin's gun was not the assistant director's responsibility, attorney says

An attorney representing David Halls, an assistant director on the set of the film "Rust," said it was not Halls' responsibility to confirm whether the gun handed to Alec Baldwin was loaded, despite Halls previously acknowledging to investigators that he should have checked all the rounds before declaring the firearm safe.

"He's not responsible for checking it," attorney Lisa Torraco said in an interview on Fox News on Monday. "That's not the assistant director's job. If he chooses to check the firearm because he wants to make sure that everyone's safe, he can do that, but that's not his responsibility."

According to a detective's search warrant affidavit filed last week, Halls acknowledged to investigators he should have checked all the rounds loaded in the weapon and "couldn't recall if he spun the drum" before the fatal shooting October 21 that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.