The prop gun was supposed to fire a blank, but an autopsy revealed the actor had been struck by a .44-caliber slug. The bullet was found lodged near his spine, NPR reported.

Prop guns for the stage, films or television are excluded. Although the regulations does not cover pellet and BB guns, replica guns do need to have a red or orange nose cap in New York, Hartman said.

The defense attorney called the prosecutor's key witness, the man who Mayers is said to have fired the gun at, a "compulsive liar and perjurer." The prosecutor said the defense's two key witnesses had ...

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“Two prop guns were painted black and they looked exactly like real guns,” Alaimo said. “When we have a situation where there is a gun in hand, we are going to dispatch it.

They say Mayer's tour manager, Louis Levin, had taken the prop gun and returned it to the director of the music video for Mayers' song "D.M.B.," a song about Rihanna. And the director was prepared to ...

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Under oath, Levin said he ultimately returned the prop gun to the co-director of Rocky’s “D.M.B.” music video, the same individual who allegedly first supplied the non-lethal gun to Rocky ...