Alec Baldwin speaks out about Halyna Hutchins and guns on sets

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(CNN)Alec Baldwin told the paparazzi helium is not allowed to speech astir the details of the shooting that occurred connected the acceptable of his latest film, "Rust," but helium had immoderate things to accidental astir the pistillate who died, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

In a video posted connected TMZ's website Saturday, Baldwin and his woman Hilaria Baldwin appeared connected camera from "Manchester, VT, wherever helium and his household person been laying debased since the fatal incident."

"I'm not allowed to marque immoderate comments due to the fact that it's an ongoing investigation," Baldwin told those gathered. "I've been ordered by the Sheriff's Department successful Santa Fe. I can't reply immoderate questions astir the investigation. I can't."

    Hutchins died aft Baldwin discharged a prop weapon connected the acceptable of his film. She was 42.

      The movie's director, Joel Souza, 48, was wounded successful the shoulder.

      "She was my friend," Baldwin told the paparazzi astir Hutchins. "The time I arrived successful Santa Fe to commencement shooting I took her to meal with Joel the director."

      Baldwin's woman attempted to interrupt him and helium said, "excuse me" to question her disconnected arsenic helium said, "We were a precise very ... well-oiled unit shooting a movie unneurotic and past this horrible lawsuit happened."

      Authorities are investigating the shooting.

      On Wednesday, Sheriff Adan Mendoza said astatine a associated quality conference betwixt the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office and territory attorney's bureau that Baldwin fired a "suspected unrecorded round."

      "The facts are clear: a limb was handed to Mr. Baldwin," Mendoza said. "The limb is functional and fired a unrecorded round, sidesplitting Ms. Hutchins and injuring Mr. Souza."

      Baldwin reiterated successful the much the four-minute-long video posted Saturday that helium has been told aggregate times that helium is not allowed to speech astir the ongoing investigation.

      He invited different questions, and Baldwin's woman got upset erstwhile 1 of those asking could not retrieve Hutchins name.

      "Her sanction is Halyna," Hilaria said. "If you're spending this overmuch clip waiting for america you should cognize her name."

      Baldwin said helium met with Hutchins hubby and her young lad aft the incident, but said helium "wouldn't cognize however to categorize" however the gathering went.

      "The feline is overwhelmed with grief," Baldwin said. "There are incidental accidents connected movie sets from clip to time, but thing similar this. This is simply a 1 successful a trillion episode."

        The actor, who is besides producing "Rust," said helium is successful changeless contact" with Hutchins' hubby and lad who are "in shock."

        "We are eagerly awaiting the Sheriff's Department telling america what their probe has yielded," Baldwin said.

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