A new discovery has been made in the fatal shooting on the film set of the movie "Rust" that involved actor Alec Baldwin and the film's cinematographer, according to a new forensic report.
The shooting in October 2021 resulted in the death of Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer for the film, whose family has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the production and Baldwin.
A copy of the FBI forensic report, obtained by ABC News, says that the gun used on the New Mexico movie set would not have been fired without the trigger being pulled.
According to the forensic report, the FBI used the gun in an "accidental discharge test." Through the test, the bureau determined that the firearm "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger."
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The 45 Colt caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver's hammer was placed in the quarter and a half-cock positions throughout the test, and it could not be made to fire without the trigger being pulled, the test showed.
When the gun's hammer was in the fully cocked position, it also could not be made to fire without a "pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional," the report said.
The test now directly contradicts Baldwin's claim that he did not pull the trigger while it was in his possession on set.
"The trigger wasn't pulled," Baldwin said after the shooting. "I didn't pull the trigger."
Now, almost 10 months after the fatal shooting, the Santa Fe Sheriff's Office has received the forensic report from the FBI, according to a press release from the agency, Fox News reported.
The report will now be sent to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator "for review," the release said.
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