- Halyna Hutchins, a 42-year-old cinematographer, was shot and killed on the set of Baldwin’s Western film Rust
- Asked if he felt by guilty by ABC journalist George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin replied: ‘No. No. I feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me.’
- He added: ‘I mean, honest to God, if I felt that I was responsible, I might have killed myself if I thought I was responsible. And I don’t say that lightly’
- Baldwin went on to say he has been told by people ‘in the know’ that it is ‘highly unlikely’ he will face any criminal charges over the shooting, adding that he had some ‘ideas’ about how the live round ended up on set
- Stephanopoulos asked how he felt about Trump saying ‘he had something to do with it’
- ‘He said that I did it deliberately,’ Baldwin replied in astonishment. ‘Just when you think things can’t get any more surreal, here’s the president of the United States making a comment on this tragic situation’
- Earlier in the month, George Clooney called the shooting ‘insane’ and ‘infuriating’