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Cinematographer. >> i would go to any lengths to undue what happened. >> reporter: alec baldwin denying hes at fault in the death of halyna hutchins. the cinematographer shot and killed on the "rust" movie set in october. >> i didnt pull the trigger. >> you never pulled the trigger? >> no, no, no. i would never point a gun and pull a trigger at them, never. that was the training. you wont dont point a gun and pull the trigger. >> reporter: speaking out with abc news, detailing what he says baldw...

Its loud. they dont have their ear plugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. nothing with a charge at all, a flash round at all, nothing. she goes 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. >> 45 minutes to an hour? >> shes laying there and i go, did she get hit by wadding? sometimes the blank rounds have a wadding inside, that packs -- like clot...

Can you see that? then i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off. >> at the moment. >> that was the moment the gun went off. >> it wasnt in the script for the trigger to be pulled. >> well, the trigger wasnt pulled. i didnt pull the trigger. >> so you never pulled the trigger? >> no, no, no, i would never point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger. that was the training. >> you just had the gun and you pulled. >> i pulled the...

Bang, the gun goes off. everyone is horrified. theyre shocked. it is loud. they dont have their earplugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told, i was handed an empty gun. nothing with a charge at all, a flash round, nothing. she goes down. i thought to myself, did she faint? the notion that there was a live round in that gun did not dawn on me until probably 45 minutes to an hour later. >> you heard him there, he says he was told the gun was safe by a crew member in charge of checking...

Hutchins. the cinematographer shot on the movie set in late october. >> i never pulled the trigger. >> you never pulled the trigger. >> no, no, no. i would never point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger. thats the training i had. you never point the gun at someone and point the trigger. >> reporter: that was aen interview with abc news. >> do you see that? do you see that? she said, yeah, thats good. i let go of the hammer. bang. everyone is horrified. theyre shocked. its loud. they dont hav...

The trigger wasnt pulled. i never pulled the trigger. >> you never pulled the trigger. >> no, no, no. i would never point a gun at someone and pug a trigger. that avs thtraining i had. >> youre holding onto the hammer. >> how does that work? do you see that? do you see that? im not pulling the hammer. bang, the gun goes off. everyone is horrified. theyre shocked. its loud. they dont have their earplugs in. the gun was supposed to be empty. i was told i was handed an empty gun. nothing with a cha...

That also no projectile leaving the barrel. so having said that, once you get a minimum safe distance, which for what we call a full flash round is around 21 feet. depending on the circumstance and the environment, and are you inside, outside, et cetera once you are past that minimum safe distance and you are never aiming at someone, you are always aiming off just as an extra level of safety, then you are okay fire the blanks. now you asked the direct question, which is a good question, can blan...