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Alec Baldwindid not pull the trigger on the gun that discharged and fatally wounded cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set of the movieRust, an attorney for assistant director Dave Halls claims.
On Oct. 21, while filming on location at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, actor/producer Baldwin, 63, was holding the gun that shot and killed 42-year-old Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. An investigation is currently underway as authorities determine how live rounds ended up on the film set.
In an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos set to air Thursday night, Baldwin says: “The trigger wasn’t pulled.I didn’t pull the trigger.I would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger on them. Never.” (The preview for the interview didn’t include Baldwin’s explanation as to how the shot was fired from the gun.)
Baldwin also said he had “no idea” how a bullet made its way into a gun that was intended to be a prop on the set of the Western film.
Now, Halls' attorney Lisa Torraco toldGood Morning Americathat the assistant director has said the same thing all along.
“The entire time, Baldwin had his finger outside the trigger guard, parallel to the barrel. [Halls] told me since day one he thought it was a misfire,” Torraco said Thursday. “And until Alec said that, it was just really hard to believe. But Dave has told me since the very first day I met him that Alec did not pull that trigger.”
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OnGood Morning Americaon Wednesday, Stephanopoulos, 60,said the interview(recorded on Tuesday afternoon) is the “most intense” he has done in his career.
“It is so raw. I mean, as you can imagine he’s devastated. But he was also very candid, he was very forthcoming, he answered every question. He talked about Halyna Hutchins, talked about meeting with her family as well,” said Stephanopoulos. “He went through, in detail, what happened on set that day. I have to tell you I was surprised in many places over the course of that hour and 20 minutes that we sat down yesterday.”
Baldwin’s ABC interview airs Thursday at 8 p.m. ET and will begin streaming later that evening on Hulu.
Next week, a two-hour20/20special will delve into the events ahead of the shooting onRustand the investigations. The episode will air on Friday, Dec. 10 at 9:01 p.m. ET on ABC and be available to stream on Hulu the next day.
source: people.com
