The actor Alec Baldwin ensures that he did not pull the trigger of the revolver he had in hand when a filmmaker was fatally shot on the set of "
Rust
", a western of which he is also one of the producers. "
The trigger was not squeezed ... I did not squeeze the trigger,
" says the actor in an excerpt released Wednesday from his first formal interview since the October 21 drama, the entirety of which must be broadcast Thursday evening by the American channel ABC. During this interview, Alec Baldwin adds that he has "
no idea
" of how live ammunition may have been on the film set, resulting in the accidental death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins. "
I would never point a gun at someone when I pulled the trigger.
Never,
”he proclaims.
In this interview excerpt, Alec Baldwin does not give more details to explain how the revolver was able to trigger and fire the fatal bullet.
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The actor was working on a scene where his character draws a gun when Halyna Hutchins was hit. The weapon in question was supposed to contain only dummy bullets. When asked how real ammunition could have been in the barrel of the revolver, Alec Baldwin replied: “
I have no idea. Someone put a live bullet into a gun. A bullet that wasn't even supposed to be there.
The police investigation is continuing and, if no arrests have taken place, criminal prosecution is not excluded in the event that responsibilities are established, underlined the services of the prosecutor of Santa Fe (New Mexico). Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the gunsmith who was responsible for the firearms on the set of "
Rust
», Told investigators that she had been negligent in checking the gun wielded by the actor just before the tragedy.
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She also said she had no explanation for the presence of live ammunition on the set.
On Tuesday, investigators reported possible leads that could explain the presence of this live ammunition, formally prohibited on set by the rules in force in the film industry in the United States.
One of the suppliers of the ammunition used on the set of "
Rust
", Seth Kenney, indicated that he had potentially sold the film crew hand-assembled ammunition - possibly from recycled elements - whose logo matches the logo on the lethal cartridge.