The FBI’s accidental discharge testing determined that .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver needed a trigger pull to fire.
The gun can be operated with the hammer in quarter-cock and half-cock positions. “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger,”According to the report.
It was further stated that the gun would not explode. “without a pull of the trigger when the hammer was struck directly.”According to the report, such a response is common for revolvers like this.
The report, first carried by ABC-TV, contradicts what Baldwin claimed in a December interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Baldwin said then he didn’t pull the trigger on the gun.
“The trigger wasn’t pulled,”He stated. “I didn’t pull the trigger.”
Representatives of Hannah Gutierrez Reed and Baldwin, who were the weapons controllers on the set, have yet to respond to the report.
Santa Fe County Sheriff’s investigators say that they received the FBI’s completed forensic reports August 2, which were then sent to New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator for review. “The OMI had advised the Sheriff’s Office that they required these forensic reports to finalize their investigation,” reads a release from the Sheriff’s Office, which received the reports Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe County Sheriffs are still working with the Suffolk County Police Department and First Judicial District Attorney’s Office to get, process and disclose the Oscar-nominated Baldwin’s phone records. Once the office reviews the OMI files and Baldwin’s phone records, they’ll send the final Rustcase file to the Santa Fe District Attorney’s office for final charging decisions.
“The District Attorney’s office has been working with Suffolk County PD and Baldwin’s lawyer to acquire the phone records. Once Suffolk County PD completes its agency assist and sends those records to New Mexico law enforcement, our detectives will need to then thoroughly review those phone records for evidentiary purposes,”Adan Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff, said.
The Santa Fe District Attorney’s Office didn’t respond for a request for comment on the state of the probe.
Baldwin’s attorney said in April that the OSHA investigation “exonerates” Baldwin. The report (read a summary here) concluded that Rust Movie Productions LLC’s management “knew that firearm safety procedures were not being followed on set and demonstrated plain indifference to employee safety by failing to review work practices and take corrective action”Baldwin, who was the star of such movies, died in the October 21st fatal accident The AviatorAndBoss Baby was given the all-clear by the First AD to discharge a prop gun, which took Hutchins’ life.
Recently,Rustscript supervisor Mamie Mitchell’s lawsuit against Baldwin and other producers was rescheduled for September 28. Judge Michael E. Whitaker moved for the hearing to allow the plaintiff to have the opportunity and time to file an amended lawsuit. Mitchell was right next to Hutchins and was killed in the accident. Mitchell also claims negligence on the New Mexico scene and that Baldwin was never instructed to fire the weapon.
Anthony D’alessandro and Dominic Patten contributed to this report.