Alec Baldwin may not have pulled the trigger on the set of ‘Rust‘. One of the most shocking statements that emerged from the tragic accident that took the life of director of photography Halyna Hutchins on the set came from the actor himself, the protagonist of the western film involved in the event. But the investigators do not completely deny the reconstruction.
In a recent interview with ABC News, Baldwin claimed that he “did not pull the trigger” on the gun that fatally wounded Hutchins, even though he was pointing what he thought was a harmless prop in her direction when he fired during. the rehearsals for the film. New details from the ongoing investigation now suggest that this claim is not as implausible as one might think.
Vanity Fair reporter Anthony Breznican has in fact conducted numerous interviews on the incident, including with investigators who examined it. Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said her team conducted an informal experiment to see if what Baldwin was saying was possible. Finding out that she is. The actor said he pulled the hammer back without pulling the trigger. “One of the detectives in my office has a very old type of revolver, and so he brought it, at my request, so we could look at it and see if it was possible,” Carmack-Altwies told Vanity Fair.
After two investigators, including the one who supplied the gun, examined the weapon, Carmack-Altwies came to a conclusion. “You can pull the dog back without actually pulling the trigger and without actually locking it,” she explained. “So you pull it back in half, it doesn’t get stuck, and then if you let it go, the firing pin can hit the bullet trigger.”
It is unclear at this point what Carmack-Altwies and the investigators will do with this information. The shooting took place at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New York, on October 21, 2021. ‘Rust’ director Joel Souza was injured but survived, while Halyna Hutchins died after being flown to the hospital. ‘University of New Mexico. Investigators are examining multiple factors that may have contributed to the tragedy.
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