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In a video of his interview, he said he thought the gun was 'cold' when he was handed it by Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the movie. Baldwin, at the start of the video, asks if he is being charged with anything. He then lets out a huge sigh and says: 'We've done this for two weeks and we've done it the right way every day.' He goes on to insist that the gun they had been using before was 'cold'. 'Right before you shoot. I went to lunch. 'She disarmed me - Hannah - she always handled the gun....

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in an incident involving a prop gun on the set of “Rust,” an Alec Baldwin film that was shooting in New Mexico on Thursday. A second person was injured, and was receiving emergency care at a hospital in Santa Fe. Hutchins’ death was confirmed by the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600. “We received the devastating news this evening, that one of our members, Halyna Hutchins, the Director of Photography on a production called ‘Rust’ in New Mexico died from injuries sustained on the set,” said John Lindley, the president of the guild, and Rebecca Rhine,...