Cop series 'The Rookie' bans live weapons after Alec Baldwin accident

'The safety of our cast and crew is too important,' Alexi Hawley, The Rookie's showrunner wrote in an email. 'Any risk is too much risk.' Photo: Handout

ABC’s popular procedural The Rookie has banned the firing of real guns on the show after a fatal accident on a movie set in New Mexico.

Shaken up by the events, Alexi Hawley, the showrunner on the cop drama starring Nathan Fillion as a Los Angeles Police Department newcomer, wrote to crew members Friday (Oct 22) with the new policy, according to an email seen by the Los Angeles Times.