American actor Alec Baldwin said he expects no one will be charged in the fatal shooting of director Galina Hutchins on the set of the western movie Rust, and said he has hired a private investigator to determine who is responsible. , reports AFP.

The investigation is still ongoing, the prosecutor’s office does not rule out bringing charges against those involved in the incident.

“I sincerely believe (…) (that investigators) will say it was an accident. It’s tragic,” Mr. Baldwin told CNN in a rare interview on the subject that aired Friday, explaining that he called a private detective.

While he said he didn’t want to “judge” Hannah Gutierrez-Reid, the film’s gunsmith, the actor pointed the finger at her and also mentioned assistant director Dave Hall, who had given him a gun shortly before.

“Somebody put live ammunition in the gun and that person should have known about it,” he said.

“It was the work of Gutierrez-Reid. Her job was to look at the ammunition and insert blank bullets,” said Baldwin, who added that “they’re two people who didn’t do what they should have done.”

“I’m not here to say I want them to go to jail or make their lives hell. I don’t want that, but I want everyone to know that these are two people who are responsible for , what happened”.

Alec Baldwin, who is the subject of several civil lawsuits, including one filed by the family of Galina Hutchins, has always said he was assured his gun was harmless and maintained he never pulled the trigger during the fatal shooting .

Hannah Gutierrez-Reid filed a lawsuit against the film’s ammunition supplier, accusing him of leaving live rounds among the blanks.

On Thursday, his lawyer criticized the FBI for not conducting DNA tests to determine who really handled the ammunition.

After Alec Baldwin’s last interview, lawyers for Gutierrez-Reed and Halls told CNN that the actor is trying to avoid any responsibility.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that American actor Alec Baldwin almost a year ago pulled the trigger of the gun that shot director Galina Hutchins on the set of the western film “Rust”.

Ten months after cinematographer Galina Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed on the set of the western Rust, an FBI investigation confirms that actor Alec Baldwin did indeed pull the trigger.