Actor Alec Baldwin sits down with ABC News for his first formal interview since discharging a prop firearm that killed a crew member and injured another on the set of \u00ab\u00a0Rust.\u00a0\u00bb Follow here for the latest updates.<\/b>
\nAn attorney for Dave Halls, the assistant director on the set of \u201cRust,\u201d corroborated Alec Baldwin\u2019s claim that he never pulled the trigger of the antique gun that discharged in that October movie set shooting, telling ABC on Thursday that her client has said \u201cthe entire time Baldwin had his finger outside the trigger guard, parallel to the barrel.\u201d ABC also spoke to one of the suppliers of ammunition for the production, Seth Kenney, who said the live rounds seized by investigators from his prop shop on Wednesday do not match the live rounds that were on set. \u201cThey found four rounds that were close enough to take in with them. They\u2019re not a match, but they were close so there\u2019s something very unique about the live rounds that were found on \u2018Rust,\u2019 but we\u2019ve got to wait for the FBI to do its job,\u201d Kenney said. But Kenney denied that the live rounds that ended up on the Colt.45 gun were provided by him. \u201cIt’s not a possibility that they came from PDQ [the supplier] or myself personally. When we send dummy rounds out, they get individually rattle-tested before they get sent out. So if you have a box of 50, you’ve got to do it 50 times and at that point you know they’re safe to send,\u201d Kenney said. In an affidavit entered into court this week, a detective wrote that Kenney told authorities that he had received \u00ab\u00a0reloaded ammunition\u00a0\u00bb from a friend two years earlier that \u201cstuck out to him.\u00a0\u00bb The round, which Kenney suspected was live, was in a cartridge with the logo of Starline Brass, a company he said only sells components of ammunition, not live ammunition. The affidavit also described how Thell Reed, an industry veteran and the father of \u201cRust\u201d armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, told detectives in an interview that he had given Kenney an \u201cammo can\u201d with live rounds for training on a different movie this year and never received it back. Reed said he believed the can was still in Kenney’s possession, according to the affidavit. The gun discharged by actor Alec Baldwin during a fatal shooting on the set of \u00ab\u00a0Rust\u00a0\u00bb fired a \u00ab\u00a0suspected live round,\u00a0\u00bb the Santa Fe County sheriff has said. Investigators believe they have recovered the \u00ab\u00a0lead projectile\u00a0\u00bb and shell casing from the ammunition that struck and killed the film’s director of photography, Halyna Hutchins,42, and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico movie set in October. Approximately 500 rounds of ammunition \u2014 a combination of blanks, dummy and live rounds \u2014 have been seized from the set, Mendoza said. He said officials believe the lead projectile that was fired from the gun was recovered from Souza’s shoulder. A total of three guns were seized from the proximity of the incident, Mendoza added. In addition to the one believed to have been fired by Baldwin, one was altered and not functioning and the other was plastic. He said the evidence would be submitted to the FBI for further processing. Baldwin, armorer Hannah Gutierrez and assistant director David Halls have been cooperative with investigators, according to Mendoza. According to an affidavit for a search warrant, Souza said he was shot in the shoulder and Hutchins was killed as Baldwin practiced drawing a prop gun during rehearsal for the Western at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe. The director told investigators Baldwin was \u00ab\u00a0sitting in a pew in a church building setting, and he was practicing a cross draw,\u00a0\u00bb as stated in the affidavit. A cross draw is when a shooter pulls the weapon from a holster on the opposite side of the body from the draw hand. Souza also said Hutchins was \u00ab\u00a0complaining about her stomach and grabbing her midsection\u00a0\u00bb after the shot was fired. Authorities have said that they have recovered some camera footage but they believe there is no footage of the actual incident. Keep reading about the shooting here. Alec Baldwin told ABC News he never pulled the trigger of the gun that shot director of photography Halyna Hutchins on the set of \u00ab\u00a0Rust.\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,\u00a0\u00bb Baldwin said in an excerpt released Wednesday from the sit-down interview \u2014 his first since the October shooting. When asked why he pointed the gun at Hutchins and pulled the trigger when that wasn’t in the script, Baldwin said, \u00ab\u00a0I would never point a gun at anyone and then pull the trigger, never.\u00a0\u00bb Baldwin also said he has no idea how a live bullet got in the Colt.45 revolver he used in the scene. An emotional Baldwin visibly fought back tears when talking about Hutchins. \u00ab\u00a0She was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with her, liked by everyone who worked with her \u2014 and admired,\u00a0\u00bb Baldwin said, adding, \u00ab\u00a0it doesn’t seem real to me.\u00a0\u00bb When asked by George Stephanopoulos if the shooting was the worst thing that had ever happened to him, Baldwin said yes, \u00ab\u00a0because I think back and I think, what could I have done?\u00a0\u00bb ABC is set to air the interview tonight. Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News for his first formal interview since discharging a prop firearm that killed a crew member and injured another on the set of the film \u00ab\u00a0Rust.\u00a0\u00bb The interview was conducted by anchor George Stephanopoulos and took place Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business. Baldwin’s spokespeople did not respond to CNN Business’ request for comment. A spokesperson for ABC News also did not respond to requests for comment. ABC is set to air the interview tonight at 8 p.m. ET. The sit-down comes more than a month after the incident left 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead on the New Mexico set. Director Joel Souza was also injured in the Oct.21 shooting. Baldwin’s interview with Stephanopoulos marks the first time the actor is speaking extensively about the incident. In addition to his initial statement, he made remarks to paparazzi that appeared in a video posted to TMZ’s website. Read more here.<\/p>\n