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Mary Carmack-Altwies said in a statement that
she had not made any decision yet on charges but that everyone
involved "in the handling and use of firearms on the set had a
duty to behave in a manner such that the safety of others was
protected."
Once the investigation is complete "certain individuals may be
criminally culpable for his/her actions and/or inactions on the
set of 'Rust'," she added.
Carmack-Altwies gave no indication when the investigation might
conclude.
Her statement followed a television interview on Thursday by
Baldwin, who was holding the gun when it fired a live bullet and
killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel
Souza during a rehearsal in October on a ranch near Santa Fe.
Baldwin said in the interview that he did not believe https://www.reuters.com/world/us/alec-baldwin-give-his-account-fatal-rust-shooting-2021-12-02
he was responsible for Hutchins's death and that he did not
think he would be criminally charged. The actor had been told by
a crew member that the gun was safe.
"I feel someone is responsible for what happened, but I know it
isn't me. I might have killed myself if I thought I was
responsible, and I don't say that lightly," Baldwin told ABC
television's George Stephanopoulos in his first public comments
on the accident.
"I've been told by people in the know... that it is highly
unlikely I would be charged with anything criminally," said
Baldwin, who has been interviewed by the investigators.
Baldwin said that as an actor he was not responsible for
checking the gun, or what it was loaded with. He also said he
did not pull the trigger but the revolver fired as he cocked the
gun while practising a shot.
"I let go of the hammer of the gun and it goes off," he said in
Thursday's interview.
Authorities in Santa Fe have been focusing their attention on
how live bullets found their way onto the set.
An attorney for armorer Hannah Gutierrez, who was in charge of
weapons, has said she checked the gun before it was handed to
Baldwin by assistant director Dave Halls, who shouted that it
was "cold" or safe.
(Reporting by Andrew Hay; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien and Sandra
Maler)
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