Baldwin accidentally shot Halina Hutchins while filming in October 2021 – but has always maintained that he didn’t actually pull the trigger. However, a recently completed forensic investigation by the FBI says the gun in question could not have been fired without the trigger being physically pulled. The report, seen by Sky News, said that with the hammer (the part of a gun that strikes the pin) in the quarter and half cock positions, the gun “could not fire without the trigger being pulled. “. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:49 Alec Baldwin tells ABC News he says he ‘never pulled the trigger’ The findings were reviewed by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Examiner, and a further postmortem report ruled Ms. Hutchins’ death an accident. “Death was caused by a gunshot wound to the chest,” it says. Image: Halyna Hutchins. Photo: TPX “A review of the available law enforcement reports did not show compelling evidence that the firearm was intentionally loaded with live ammunition at the set. “Based on all available information, including the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death, the manner of death is best classified as an accident.” Image: Alec Baldwin recounts the death of Halyna Hutchins Baldwin believed that the .45 Colt he had been handed, as he was about to film a scene on the Western New Mexico set, was an empty “cold gun.” In a televised interview about the Rust shooting, Baldwin said that while he would “make every effort to undo what happened,” he felt no guilt over the fatal shooting — saying that while “someone is responsible for what happened… I want you to know that it’s not me.”
