An attorney for “Rust” assistant director Dave Halls has addressed the tragic on-set shooting. Halls’ attorney Lisa Torraco told ABC News‘ Kaylee Hartung in an interview on Thursday’s “Good Morning America” that Alec Baldwin was not the one who pulled the trigger.
The film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died after being shot in the chest on October 21, while the film’s director Joel Souza was shot in the shoulder.
Souza has since been released from hospital. “Dave has told me since the very first day I met him that Alec did not pull that trigger,” Torraco shared.
She added, “His finger was never in the trigger guard.” The remarks come after Baldwin, who was starring in and co-producing the western film, made similar comments in his
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