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-Lurid Crime Tales-
FBI forensic report concludes Alec Baldwin pulled trigger on 'Rust' set: report
2022-08-14
[FoxNews] Alec Baldwin was holding a gun that discharged on a New Mexico set, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

A new discovery has been made in the fatal "Rust" shooting involving Alec Baldwin.

According to ABC News, which obtained a copy of the FBI's forensic report, the gun used on the New Mexico movie set could not have been fired without the trigger being pulled.
Huh. An FBI report leaked to ABC? Whodafigured?
The FBI conducted an accidental discharge test and determined the gun used in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger," the report stated, according to the outlet.

The test showed that when the 45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver's hammer was in the quarter and half-cock positions, the gun would not fire without the trigger being pulled.

When the hammer was in the fully cocked position, the gun "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional," according to the outlet.

In December, Baldwin, who was in possession of the firearm on set, told ABC News that he did not fire the weapon. "The trigger wasn't pulled," Baldwin said. "I didn't pull the trigger."
It was a stunt Finger. Not mine
Nearly 10 months since the fatal "Rust" shooting, which resulted in Hutchins' death, the Santa Fe Sheriff's Office has received the full forensic report from the FBI.

According to a press release, the Santa Fe Sheriffs' detectives received the FBI's completed forensic reports on Aug. 2. They were then forwarded to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) "for review."

"The OMI had advised the Sheriff's Office that they required these forensic reports to finalize their investigation," the release reads. The sheriff's office received the "official OMI reports" on Wednesday.

Per the release, detectives with the homicide and computer crimes unit at the Suffolk County Police Department in New York are still actively assisting the Santa Fe Sheriffs' office in obtaining and processing Alec Baldwin’s phone records.

Courtesy of Skidmark:
Police in Santa Fe will NOT rule out criminal charges after damning FBI report concludes that Alec Baldwin DID pull the trigger on set of Rust and killed cinematographer - despite claiming he did NOT

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A new FBI report has concluded that the gun would only have shot a bullet if the trigger had been pulled

  • Testing revealed that Baldwin's claims that he had been playing with the hammer were not enough to get the gun to fire

  • Baldwin has consistently denied that he pulled the trigger on the gun, which was supposed to be loaded dummy bullets

  • The actor, 64, says he's cooperating with police and said he is hoping there will not be criminal charges

  • Hayla Hutchins' death is still under investigation by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office

  • She died after being shot in the armpit by a live round that somehow made its way into Alec Baldwin's gun on October 21, 2021
Related:
Alec Baldwin: 2022-02-16 Are you sure, Alec? Baldwin posts 'Everything's going to be alright' HOURS after he was sued by family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins as they recreate moment he accidentally shot and killed her with prop gun on New Mexico set
Alec Baldwin: 2022-01-21 Alec Baldwit sued for $25M by family of Marine killed in Afghanistan
Alec Baldwin: 2021-12-29 Testing Alec Baldwin's Revolver Theory
Posted by:Skidmark

#22  Oh, I always bring a loaded weapon on to a movie set in gun-loving California.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-08-14 23:43  

#21  The FBI seems to have overlooked the dog that didn't bark: There was a loaded gun on the movie set. What should have been a harmless movie prop was a loaded weapon. There is a person on set whose job it is to make sure that does not happen. That person is the armorer.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-08-14 22:54  

#20  And he's been walking about plugging his wife for 10 months while the Jan 6 crew is still imprisoned.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-08-14 20:41  

#19  His "continued denial" is a window into the soul of the contemptuous SOB that he is. Of course you knew that long before the tragic shooting.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-14 17:27  

#18  In the videos of him practicing drawing the revolver he has his finger on the trigger every time. He very well could have pulled the trigger without realizing it. His continued denial makes it clear he will not accept responsibility for his actions.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-08-14 16:59  

#17  Need to stay current on your DNC donations.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-08-14 15:43  

#16  
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-14 15:33  

#15  ^^^ Ah, o.k....did not see that flick.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-08-14 15:15  

#14   - #12 was a reference to Baldwin's character in Glengarry Glen Ross.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-14 15:01  

#13  Steak knives, in vegan/bug-eating Hollywood?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-08-14 14:55  

#12  Hutchins might have had a chance if it had only been a set of steak knives.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-14 14:16  

#11  
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-08-14 14:14  

#10  
I'm a method actor, sir,
have you seen my Trump?
I super flopped every flick
but man, I can dry hump.

So I'm a cowboy, or
an agent, or a badass.
I fill my gun with JHP,
spin it like I'm from SASS!

And... BANG!

[screams, clatter, inordinate fuss, sirens]

Posted by: Dron66046   2022-08-14 14:10  

#9  /\ Probably doing a little plinking over lunch hour. Just a guess.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-14 14:02  

#8  #4 NN2N1 Why was there Real AMMO even on the movie set?

Good question.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-08-14 14:01  

#7  It's confirmed, Baldwin is a dumbass.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-08-14 11:35  

#6  

Just in....🙃

Elon Musk offers to by FBI for $100 Billion.
No word back from the Clinton-Obama-Biden syndicate yet!
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-08-14 09:43  

#5  The FBI (in color) is on it!!
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-08-14 09:07  

#4  
Basically Anti-Gun advocate Baldwin, using a gun to make $$$$, was lying to Cover his A$$ets.

QUESTION:
Why was there Real AMMO even on the movie set?

Posted by: NN2N1   2022-08-14 07:38  

#3  Which makes it the only gun in America that does not have a will of its own, if you buy the gun grabbers' prattle.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-14 07:36  

#2  Took 10 months for the FBI to figure out what the techies of Rantburg were able to explain within a day, "the gun used on the New Mexico movie set could not have been fired without the trigger being pulled".
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-14 07:35  

#1  FBI's forensic report, the gun used on the New Mexico movie set could not have been fired without the trigger being pulled.

Looks like the feebs discovered how a gun works.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-08-14 07:07  

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