ACTOR Alec Baldwin, who accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the shooting of his new movie Rust in October, is partially responsible for the death, said Anatoly Androsovych, who is Hutchins’ father, reported Sputnik.

Baldwin had in his first interview since the tragedy said he did not pull the trigger and will never point a gun at anyone.

“It is clear to me (that) Baldwin fired the shot from his hand, so it is hard for me to understand how he cannot be held partly responsible for my daughter’s death,” Androsovych told United Kingdom tabloid the Sun.

Androsovych, in an interview published yesterday, said the revolver used during the filming and fatal accident is a type of gun that does not fire unless the trigger is pulled.

Therefore, that makes the actor “partially guilty for causing that shot”, he added.

On October 21, Baldwin fired a gun loaded with live ammunition injuring a film director and fatally wounding Hutchins. Before firing, Baldwin was told that the gun was not loaded.

The actor has expressed his devastation over the tragedy and paid tribute to Hutchins. – Bernama, December 20, 2021.