Baldwin says ‘Rust’ crew members know who to blame for horrific shooting

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David Rufful
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An FBI forensic report found that Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin is responsible for pulling the trigger on the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

In response, Baldwin claims “every single person” on the set of “Rust” knows who to blame for her tragic death.

“I know that every single person on the set of the film knows what happened, and the people who are talking loudest about what happened or speculating about what happened were not on the set of the film,” Baldwin told Chris Cuomo.

“They are talking on and on and on about what if this and what if that and have dined out on this and the thing that they have in common is nobody was there,” he continued.

“Everybody who were there, they know exactly what happened,” Baldwin concluded. “They know exactly who’s to blame.”

Baldwin has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Hutchins’ family.

The FBI report, which was obtained by ABC News, concluded that the gun used on the New Mexico movie set could not have been fired without the trigger being pulled.

This finding comes in stark contrast to statements made by Baldwin who claims he did not fire the weapon. “The trigger wasn’t pulled,” Baldwin said. “I didn’t pull the trigger.”

However, the FBI conducted an accidental discharge test and determined the gun used in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger.”

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Tests proved that the 45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver’s hammer was in the quarter and half-cock positions.

The gun would not fire without the trigger being pulled.

More on this story via Fox News:

When the hammer was in the fully cocked position, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional,” according to the outlet…

Nearly 10 months since the fatal “Rust” shooting, which resulted in Hutchins’ death, the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office has received the full forensic report from the FBI.

According to a press release, the Santa Fe Sheriffs’ detectives received the FBI’s completed forensic reports on Aug. 2. They were then forwarded to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) “for review.”

“The OMI had advised the Sheriff’s Office that they required these forensic reports to finalize their investigation,” the release reads. The sheriff’s office received the “official OMI reports” on Wednesday.
Per the release, detectives with the homicide and computer crimes unit at the Suffolk County Police Department in New York are still actively assisting the Santa Fe Sheriffs’ office in obtaining and processing Alec Baldwin’s phone records.

“The District Attorney’s office has been working with Suffolk County PD, and Baldwin’s lawyer to acquire the phone records,” Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said. “Once Suffolk County PD completes its agency assist and sends those records to New Mexico law enforcement, our detectives will need to then thoroughly review those phone records for evidentiary purposes.”