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Alec Baldwin Says He Didn't Pull the Trigger in the Fatal Shooting on the 'Rust' Set

  • Posted Dec 3, 2021 15:57 by Rosahlee Bautista
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INTERNATIONAL: Actor Alec Baldwin says that he didn't pull the trigger of the gun that killed Ukranian cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust. Ms. Hutchins died after being helicoptered to a hospital in 21 October, and a film director was injured after the gun went off on on the set in New Mexico.

Baldwin breaks down in tears as he recalls how much Hutchins was loved and admired by people who worked with her. He claims that he was not the victim but it was the worst things that’s ever happened to him. It wasn't in the script for the trigger to be pulled, and the actor counters, "The trigger wasn't pulled, I didn't pull the trigger." He adds, "I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger, never."

The Rust's assistant director, Dave Halls has also maintained that Baldwin didn't pull the trigger. "His finger was never in the trigger guard." Baldwin says he has no idea how a real bullet ended up on the set at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe. Early this week, investigators have executed a search warrant at PDQ Arm & Prop, LLC, a company in Albuquerque that provided guns and dummy rounds to the Rust set.Seth Kenney, Arms vendor and owner of PDQ Prop & Arm,Seth Kenney has stated that he wasn't the only one who provided rounds to the film.

According to the search warrant, longtime Hollywood armorer Thell Reed, the father of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, told investigators that he, too, had previously worked on a film set with Kenney. On that film set, Reed told investigators, the crew trained actors with live ammunition, and after production, Kenney took the live rounds with him. Reed told investigators that those rounds could match those found on the Rust set. Kenney, who did not show his face on camera, has answered Thell Reed's claims were not possible, and any rounds he sends to sets are individually tested to ensure they're not dangerous.

Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, Seth Kenney and Dave Halls are all named as defendants in lawsuits alleging negligence on the set of Rust. Gutierrez Reed's lawyers say they want the investigation to uncover where the live rounds on set came from. Authorities continue to investigate the shooting, and have cautioned against jumping to conclusions about what happened.

PHOTO: FILE OF U.S. ACTOR, ALEC BALDWIN / FILE OF "RUST" SET SHOOTING AND VICTIM, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY HALYNA HUTCHINS WHO BALDWIN SHOT ON SET

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