Baldwin, who was holding a gun he was told was
safe when it went off, spoke in his first full interview about
the Oct. 21 shooting.
"Well, the trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger,"
the actor told ABC television journalist George Stephanopoulos,
according to an excerpt released on Wednesday of the interview,
which is to be broadcast on Thursday.
"I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them.
Never," Baldwin added.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel
Souza was wounded in what Baldwin has previously called a tragic
accident on the set of the Western movie he was making near
Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe Sheriff's Department said on Wednesday it had no
comment on Baldwin's statement. It was not known whether
authorities are pursuing an accidental discharge scenario.
No criminal charges have been filed. Investigators have been
focusing their efforts on how live bullets, rather than dummies,
got onto the set.
Court documents released on Wednesday showed they found "Rust"
documents and suspected live ammunition for a revolver like the
one Baldwin was using during a search this week at the premises
of an Albuquerque supplier of props and weapons for movie sets.
The supplier, named as Seth Kenny, earlier told police he
believed the live bullets found on the set may have been
"reloaded ammunition" that he previously had acquired from a
friend, according to the documents. Reloaded ammunition is made
up of recycled components, including bullets.
Kenny could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.
Baldwin, best known for playing an egotistical TV network
executive on the TV comedy series "30 Rock," has kept a low
profile since the accident at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa
Fe.
Baldwin, who was the star and also a producer on the low-budget
Western, "went through in detail what happened on the set that
day," Stephanopoulos said on Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning
America" show ahead of the interview broadcast.
Two crew members have filed civil lawsuits accusing Baldwin, the
producers and others on the production of negligence and lax
safety protocols. The producers have said they are conducting
their own internal investigation.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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