Alec Baldwin is not retiring from the acting world.
14.08.2022 - 00:43 / perezhilton.com
There is a jaw-dropping update in the Rust shooting case…
As you most likely recall, the 64-year-old actor accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the set of the film back in October 2021. Since the fatal shooting, Alec has consistently denied ever pulling the trigger on the gun, which was somehow loaded with live ammunition. When George Stephanopoulos asked during an interview with ABC News if the 30 Rock alum to pull the trigger, he insisted it never happened. He claimed he simply pulled back the Colt 45 revolver’s hammer and posed it toward the camera while Halyna directed him and the weapon suddenly fired when he release the hammer:
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Body camera footage released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office even showed him telling cops that he did not touch the trigger nor knew the weapon had live rounds inside:
Basically, Alec claims the gun spontaneously went off on that tragic day. But a new report from the FBI says that would not have been possible! According to the forensic analysis report obtained by ABC News on Friday, the feds found that the .45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta used in the fatal shooting could not have been fired without someone pulling the trigger based on the results from an accidental discharge testing.
The report states that the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger” with the hammer in quarter and half-cock positions. With the hammer fully cocked, the firearm “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional.” Essentially, when the gun is working properly, it will not
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Alec Baldwin thought about calling it quits in Hollywood following the fatal shooting in October 2021. He also feared for his safety from former President Donald Trump's supporters.The embattled 64-year-old actor opened up about those subjects in an extensive CNN interview, telling the news organization that he leaned heavily on his wife, Hilaria, for support amid the fallout from the fatal shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.Baldwin said since the shooting, he's lost five jobs.
Alec Baldwin has said that “every single person” who was on the set of Rust knows “exactly who to blame” for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.The actor also offered an explanation into how the prop gun that killed the cinematographer in October last year in New Mexico could have been fired without him pulling the trigger. It comes after a recent FBI report stated that the weapon’s trigger needed to have been pulled in order for it to have been discharged.
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Alec Baldwin has offered an explanation as to how the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of could have been fired without him pulling the trigger, but he insisted to Chris Cuomo that there's a much bigger question in play.During an interview on podcast that dropped Tuesday, the 64-year-old actor doubled down that he did not pull the trigger on the weapon he used during rehearsal that would ultimately fire a live bullet, killing Hutchins and injuring the film's director, Joel Souza, in October 2021.«This did not come from me, this came from the D.A.'s Office themselves,» Baldwin said when asked how a gun could be fired without someone pulling the trigger. «You're familiar with what fanning a gun is? Have you heard of that phrase, fanning the gun? So, if you pull the hammer back, and you don’t lock the hammer; if you pull the hammer back pretty far -- in old Western movies you’d see someone fan the hammer of the gun-- the hammer didn’t lock; you pulled it back to an extent where it would fire the bullet without you pulling the trigger, without you locking the hammer.»Baldwin said the principal safety officer on the set «declared that the gun was safe when he handed» him the gun.
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the tragic death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of ‘Rust,’ involving Alec Balwin, has officially been concluded. The report reveals that the firearm could not have been fired without the trigger being pulled, however this differs from the statement the actor gave after the incident took place.A ballistics analysis of the evidence was conducted, and a forensic report obtained by ABC News details that the firearm used “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger.”Baldwin had previously said that he had not pulled the trigger of the gun he was holding on the set of the film in New Mexico, declaring that he had “no idea” why a live round was in the firearm.
Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 on the set of Alec Baldwin's film couldn't have been fired without someone first pulling the trigger.In the forensic report, obtained by ABC News, the federal law agency said its accidental discharge testing determined the gun used in the shooting — a .45 colt caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver — couldn't have gone off without the trigger being pulled.The report stated that, even with the hammer in the quarter-and half-cock positions, the gun «could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger.» And, 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.» Furthermore, 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,» which the report stated as normal for this type of revolver.On Monday, Baldwin's attorney, Luke Nikas, addressed the forensic report's findings in a statement to ET. «The critical report is the one from the medical examiner, who concluded that this was a tragic accident. 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,» Nikas said.
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the fatal shooting that occurred on the set of the western Rust, contradicting a statement made by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin.In the report, as noted by Deadline via ABC-TV, the gun used in the shooting – a .45 caliber F.lli Pietta revolver – was put through the FBI’s accidental discharge testing. The tests included putting the hammer of the gun in both the half-cock and quarter-cock positions, and the hammer of the gun being “struck directly”.