December 2, 2021, 11:04am.
An attorney for Dave Halls said Thursday that he backed up Alec Baldwin's claim that he didn't shoot Halyna Hutchins.
Alec Baldwin is in New York City for a discussion on "Motherless Brooklyn".
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In an interview with "Good Morning America" on Thursday, lawyer Lisa Torraco said her client, Halls, told her that Alec did not pull that trigger. His finger was not in the gun.
It was a freak accident that killed someone, Halls told her.
Baldwin said in an interview with ABC News that he wouldn't point a gun at someone and shoot them, and that he didn't pull the Trigger on the gun that was in his hand.
Baldwin's first interview since the shooting will air Thursday on ABC.
On October 21, a gun Baldwin was holding fired, killing Hutchins and wounding Souza. The Santa Fe County Sheriff's department is still investigating how a suspected live bullet ended up on the set, where crew members told authorities no live ammunition was ever kept. No charges have been filed. The western movie has been halted until the investigation is complete. According to search warrant affidavits, Halls' lawyer has said he was not responsible for the guns on the Rust set, though crew members have told police he was. Baldwin was both an actor and a producer on the film, and has been named in two civil lawsuits from crew members over the shooting.
Alec Baldwin said he didn't pull the Trigger in the shooting.
The search warrant suggests that the live gun on the set may have come from a weapons supplier.
Baldwin Firing a Gun was not in the script for the scene that led to fatal shooting.
