Alec Baldwin on fatal Rust shooting: ‘I didn’t pull the trigger’
- The US actor is giving his first full interview after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded on set in New Mexico
- Baldwin was holding a gun he was told was safe when it went off
Alec Baldwin said he did not pull the trigger of the gun that fired a live bullet and killed a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust, according to an excerpt of an upcoming television interview that was released on Wednesday.
Baldwin, who was holding a gun he was told was safe when it went off, spoke in his first full interview about the October 21 shooting in New Mexico.
“Well, the trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,” the actor told ABC television journalist George Stephanopoulos, according to the excerpt of the interview, which is to be broadcast on Thursday.
“So you never pulled the trigger?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“No, no, no. I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them. Never,” Baldwin replied.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded in what Baldwin has previously called a tragic accident on the set of the Western movie he was making near Santa Fe.