Alec Baldwin

Forensic investigation concluded the gun could not have fired without the actor pulling the trigger, as he has maintained. Alec Baldwin speaks on the phone ...

Mr Baldwin has previously denied that the set of Rust was unsafe. A post-mortem investigation also classified Ms Hutchins’ death as an accident. Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger on a gun which killed a cinematographer on the set of the film Rust last year, an FBI report has concluded.

Baldwin has consistently denied that he pulled the trigger onf the gun, which was supposed to be loaded with dummy rounds. However, a new report seen by Sky ...

Baldwin previously claimed that is what he was doing when the gun fired, in an interview with ABC last year. The records will be reviewed by detectives, and a case file will be sent to the DA to determine if charges will be filed. lec Baldwin pulled the trigger of a gun which killed a cinematographer on the set of Rust, an FBI report has concluded.

The FBI has concluded their investigation saying that Alec Baldwin must have fired the gun normally on the set of the Spaghetti Western movie 'Rust', ...

"The District Attorney's office has been working with Suffolk County PD and Baldwin's lawyer to acquire the phone records. Such a response is normal for this type of revolver, the report stated. He said he believed he was handling a "cold gun" without live ammunition. The FBI's accidental discharge testing determined that the single-action revolver needed a trigger pull to fire. "The trigger wasn't pulled," he said. The FBI's accidental discharge testing determined that the single-action revolver needed a trigger pull to fire

The final FBI forensics report on the accidental shooting that killed “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins contradicts testimony from the film's ...

Ballistics experts determined this by performing accidental discharge experiments with a single-action .45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta, the same model of gun that Baldwin was holding when the incident occurred. She said, just ‘cheat it down, could you see that, could you see that.’ I let go of the hammer of the gun, the gun goes off.” In a December 2021 interview with ABC News, Baldwin said that he did not pull the trigger while he was rehearsing a scene in which his character shoots a firearm at the camera.

Federal forensic investigators determined that Alec Baldwin could not have fired the gun without pulling the trigger, ABC News.

“Death was caused by a gunshot wound of the chest. After they finished, he released the hammer and claimed it fired without him pulling the trigger. The gun couldn’t be fired without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional. “The trigger wasn’t pulled,” he said. Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in December that he didn’t pull the trigger. The hammer was in the quarter- and half-cock positions, which means that it couldn’t have gone off accidentally.

FBI testing of the gun used in the fatal shooting on the movie set of "Rust" found that the weapon handled by actor Alec Baldwin could not be fired without ...

It also found that when the weapon was fully cocked it "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional." Cocking a revolver pistol like the one used on the movie set involves pulling the hammer of the gun back to prepare the weapon to fire. I'm not going to pull the trigger." "The critical report is the one from the medical examiner, who concluded that this was a tragic accident," Nikas said. "Review of available law enforcement reports showed no compelling demonstration that the firearm was intentionally loaded with live ammunition on set. I didn't pull the trigger," Baldwin said.

The gun held by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, could not have fired without pulling the trigger.

The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator has classified Hutchins’ death as an accident. “Based on all available information, including the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death, the manner of death is best classified as accident.” Using accidental discharge testing, investigators determined that the .45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger.”

Alec Baldwin has maintained he never pulled the trigger on the gun that killed Halyna Hutchins. A newly-released report says that's not possible.

With the hammer de-cocked on a loaded chamber, the gun was able to detonate a primer “without a pull of the trigger when the hammer was struck directly”. “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.” “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,” attorney Luke Nikas said in an email to CNN. “The FBI was unable to fire the gun in any prior test, even when pulling the trigger, because it was in such poor condition. The report stated that with the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger”. It found with the hammer fully cocked, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional”.

FBI forensic report adds more doubt to the Rust fatal shooting on set. Remove Ad X Advertisement. In the October 2021 mishap on Alec ...

He claimed, "Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property." I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never." Since the incident, Alec sat down for the first time and denied pulling the trigger of the gun on set while filming when the anchor pointed out that nowhere on the script did it say to pull the trigger.

The gun fired by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust — killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza — could not have gone off without ...

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After the FBI concluded actor Alec Baldwin must have pulled the trigger on a prop gun, killing Halyna Hutchins, he received furious messages on social ...

Comedian Sean Kent deemed the announcement by the FBI that Baldwin pulled the trigger as unsurprising. "Wait...people needed an investigation into the Alec Baldwin shooting to understand that in the shooting he...shot...the gun?" Over the weekend he posted a video tribute on social media for his friend and colleague Anne Heche who died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash. "Soooo what you are telling me is you have to pull the trigger for a gun to go off?!?!" Posobiec's reference to FBI raids could be a nod to Donald Trump's recent run in with the agency as his Mar-a-Lago home was raided by law enforcement. A lot of the people reacting to and criticizing Baldwin after the FBI's findings acted with mock shock.

FBI's report does not match Alec Baldwin's previous statements, in which the actor had claimed that he did not fire the gun or pull its trigger on the sets ...

At the time of the investigation, Baldwin stated that he was working under the assumption that it was just a regular prop gun, a ‘cold’ gun without the bullets. I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them. The lead star and producer of the western, Alec Baldwin, was holding the gun at the time of the unfortunate incident in October, 2021.

Baldwin was holding the gun when it discharged, but he has forcefully denied he pulled the trigger.

“The FBI was unable to fire the gun in any prior test, even when pulling the trigger, because it was in such poor condition.” The movie’s producers have appealed the New Mexico workplace safety board’s ruling. Baldwin has forcefully denied that he pulled the trigger.

Was Alec Baldwin at fault for the death of Halyna Hutchins? One huge finding may finally answer the question.

Deadline says that decision will ultimately fall on the shoulders of the Santa Fe District Attorney’s office; a decision that will have to wait until the office receives the case file from the Santa Fe County Sheriffs. That process is apparently being held up by the slower process of obtaining the actor’s phone records. It said the gun would not fire without a trigger pull either with “the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions,” nor “when the hammer was struck directly.” Ever since news came from the Albuquerque, New Mexico set of Rust last October that Halyna Hutchins had been shot and killed on the set of the Western — not to mention director Joel Souza being injured — the question of fault has lingered.

The FBI released a report regarding the gun used by Alec Baldwin that resulted in the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust."

"Mr. Baldwin welcomes this investigation," said Nikas in a statement. The investigation files also include rehearsal clips that show Baldwin in costume as he practices a quick-draw maneuver with a gun. In a video taken by police later that day, Baldwin makes a few frantic calls as he awaits a meeting with law enforcement officials. "The FBI was unable to fire the gun in any prior test, even when pulling the trigger, because it was in such poor condition. He said that he felt incredible sadness over the shooting, but not guilt. Each test — with the hammer at rest, with the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions and with the hammer at full cock position — resulted in the same conclusion that the gun would not have fired "without a pull of the trigger."