Alec Baldwin says he did not pull the trigger before the bullet struck, killed ‘Rust’ cinematographer

Actor Alec Baldwin said he did not pull the trigger on the gun he was holding before a live bullet struck and killed a cinematographer and injured a director on the set of “Rust,” according to an excerpt from an “ABC News” interview released on Wednesday.

“The trigger wasn’t pulled,” he said in the excerpt which was shared on Twitter. “I didn’t pull the trigger.”