“The gun fired in testing only one time - without having to pull the trigger - when the hammer was pulled back and the gun broke in two different places,” he said. “The FBI was unable to fire the gun in any prior test, even when pulling the trigger, because it was in such poor condition.” Nikas, Baldwin’s lawyer, told Fox News “the FBI report is being misconstrued.” “I didn’t pull the trigger.”īut an FBI analysis of the revolver Baldwin held suggested the gun worked and would not have gone off unless it was fully cocked and the trigger was pulled. It’s shameful to release Alec Baldwin’s tragic movie ‘Rust’Īlec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ to resume filming after settling Halyna Hutchins’ wrongful death Serge Svetnoy/FacebookĪlec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, more attend Hamptons International Film FestivalĪlec Baldwin ‘Rust’ settlement will have ‘no impact’ on criminal case: DA Alec Baldwin blamed the producers’ “negligence and unprofessionalism” for her death. He said the gun fired after he cocked it, but denied pulling the trigger. The state’s medical investigator’s office explained the shooting was accidental because there was an “absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death” and there was “no compelling demonstration” that the weapon was intentionally loaded with live rounds on set.īaldwin told ABC News in December he pointed the gun at Hutchins after she instructed him to on the set of the Western film that Baldwin was also producing. “This is the third time the New Mexico authorities have found that Alec Baldwin had no authority or knowledge of the allegedly unsafe conditions on the set, that he was told by the person in charge of safety on the set that the gun was ‘cold,’ and believed the gun was safe,” attorney Luke Nikas said in a statement. Halyna Hutchins’ death was ruled an accident since Baldwin had no intent to cause harm. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was wounded in the shooting. The medical investigator’s ruling led Baldwin’s lawyers to argue their client should not face charges connected to the “tragic accident” that killed Halyna Hutchins on Oct. They are also awaiting cellphone data from Baldwin’s legal team. Prosecutors have yet to determine if any charges should be filed in the case as they review the latest reports, including from the FBI on the revolver and ammunition that were collected after the shooting. The medical investigator’s report, which was completed following an autopsy and a review of police reports, was made public Monday by the Santé Fe County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of “Rust” last year was an accident, New Mexico’s Office of Medical Investigator determined.
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