Alec Baldwin recalls Rust shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins: "I thought to myself, 'Did she faint?'"

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On ABC News' Thursday primetime special, Alec Baldwin: Unscripted, Baldwin described to George Stephanopoulos the Oct. 21 on-set shooting incident that killed Hutchins. Baldwin said he and Hutchins discussed the scene, in which his character is cornered and badly wounded and draws his weapon on two foes, beforehand. To get the shot, Baldwin said he needed to cock the gun, but not fire it: “The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger," he said. Baldwin said of holding the gun while talking to Hutchins: “I cock the gun. I go, ‘Can you see that? Can you see that? Can you see that?’ And then I let go of the hammer of the gun, and the gun goes off. I let go of the hammer of the gun, the gun goes off.” “So, you never pulled the trigger?” Stephanopoulos asked. “No, no, no, no, no,” Baldwin responded. “I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them.” Baldwin said after the loud noise and Hutchins going down, "I thought to myself, ‘Did she faint?’ The notion that there was a live round in that gun did not dawn on me till probably 45 minutes to an hour later.” Baldwin added: "Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property. Someone is ​responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but I know it's not me." ALSO: The attorney for Rust assistant director Dave Halls, who reportedly handed Baldwin the gun, said the actor "did not pull the trigger."