An FBI forensic report has revealed that Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger on the gun which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie ‘Rust’ contrary to earlier claims.
According to the report obtained by ABC News, the gun involved in the shooting in October 2021 could not have been fired without the trigger being pulled.
During the movie shoot, the gun Baldwin, 64 was holding on set misfired fatally wounding Cinematographer Hutchins, 42 and also injuring director Joel Souza.
Alec Baldwin had believed he was holding a ‘cold gun’ – one without live ammunition – as they ran through a scene on set, when the gun went off.
The report states that accidental discharge testing found that the firearm used in the shooting, which was a .45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver, could not have fired without the trigger being pulled.
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The FBI’s report states, per ABC News, that with the hammer in the quarter or half-cocked position, the gun ‘could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger’ and with the hammer fully cocked, it ‘could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional’.
With the hammer de-cocked with a loaded chamber, the gun would be able to detonate a primer ‘without a pull of the trigger when the hammer was struck directly,’ which the report states is normal for this type of revolver.
Baldwin has maintained he did not pull the trigger on the gun, claiming it had only been in his hands when it misfired.
He told George Stephanopoulos in an interview in December: ‘The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger.’
