{"id":1454116,"date":"2022-04-26T11:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454116"},"modified":"2022-04-26T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:59:47","slug":"i-shot-the-gun-alec-baldwins-statement-to-cops-post-rust-shooting-reveals-new-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-shot-the-gun-alec-baldwins-statement-to-cops-post-rust-shooting-reveals-new-details\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Shot The Gun\u2019: Alec Baldwin\u2019s Statement To Cops Post \u2018Rust\u2019 Shooting Reveals New Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-shot-the-gun-alec-baldwins-statement-to-cops-post-rust-shooting-reveals-new-details%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Alec-Baldwin-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Actor Alec Baldwin gave a slightly different testimony of what happened on the set of \u201cRust\u201d in the hours following the incident, newly released video footage reveals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Santa Fe County Sheriff\u2019s Office shared body cam footage, crime scene photos, witness interviews, and text messages they\u2019ve gathered so far, which help paint a clearer picture of the 64-year-old actor\u2019s involvement in the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after a gun Alec Baldwin was holding discharged in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201c30 Rock\u201d alum has maintained all along that he never touched the trigger of the .45-caliber Old West revolver. During an interview with ABC News in December, Baldwin said he cocked the gun, but \u201cdid not pull the trigger.\u201d He said he was sad for what happened but ultimately wasn\u2019t the cause of Hutchins\u2019 death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSomeone is responsible for what happened, and I can\u2019t say who that is, but it\u2019s not me,\u201d Baldwin said at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now footage of the interview shortly following the \u201cRust\u201d shooting reveals more details about what happened that fateful day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the first moments of his interview, Baldwin inquires if he\u2019s being charged with anything. The deputy confirms he\u2019s just there for questioning and says the actor has already been read his Miranda rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen I shot the gun, away from the cameraman, I never aim the gun at the camera, I turned and I went like this,\u201d he told investigators, making a gun with his fingers and demonstrating, Fox News <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alec-baldwin-rust-movie-shooting-videos\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAnd she was there. And the gun went off. And she just went right on the ground.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI take the gun out slowly. I turn and cock the pistol. Bang! [Hutchins] hits the ground, she goes down. [Souza] goes down, screaming, he\u2019s like \u2018Jesus Christ,\u2019\u201d Baldwin also says, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/25\/alec-baldwin-didnt-want-to-be-a-public-person-after-rust-shooting\/\"><span>according to<\/span><\/a><span> the New York Post. <\/span><span>\u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be a cold gun \u2026 Now this is a puzzle to me \u2026 this is making me very emotional.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Baldwin also says, \u201cHannah handed me the gun,\u201d referencing on-set armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a video taken by police earlier the same day, Baldwin was recorded making calls to multiple people as he awaits his interview with law enforcement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou have no idea how unbelievable this is and how strange this is,\u201d the actor can be heard saying while speaking on the phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be a public person,\u201d Baldwin says in the recorded footage. \u201cI\u2019m the one holding a gun in my hand that everyone was supposed to have taken care of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Baldwin was named in a lawsuit filed by Hutchins\u2019 family, claiming the actor and the film\u2019s producer\u2019s were responsible for \u201creckless conduct and cost-cutting measures,\u201d which \u201cled to the death of Halyna Hutchins,\u201d The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/just-in-alec-baldwin-being-sued-by-slain-cinematographer-halyna-hutchins-family-for-reckless-conduct\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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