Alec Baldwin

Lead actor Alec Baldwin was holding the gun that fired the round, also injuring director Joel Souza in the process. The FBI soon launched an investigation and, ...

It was last fall that the entertainment industry was shaken by the tragic events that occurred on the set of western film Rust. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a live round that was fired from a prop gun. Subsequently, Alec Baldwin has been at the center of multiple lawsuits. After the FBI began its work, Baldwin denied rumors that he was not complying with the investigation. The firearm also “could not be made to fire” without pulling the trigger if the hammer were fully cocked. The .45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver reportedly “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger” if the hammer was placed in quarter-and half-cock positions. Lead actor Alec Baldwin was holding the gun that fired the round, also injuring director Joel Souza in the process.

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.

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.”