Alec Baldwin has denied requesting for a larger colt gun, before the fatal shooting on ‘Rust’ set.
Gatekeepers News reports that Alec Baldwin has denied that he requested a larger Colt gun before the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust in a tweet today, sent after Sante Fe sheriffs in New Mexico issued a search warrant for his iPhone.
The 63-year-old actor tweeted an article from Newsweek which claimed that he had requested a bigger gun before the accidental shooting.
‘This, in fact is a lie,’ Baldwin wrote over the article link.
‘The choices regarding any props by me for the film RUST were made weeks before production began. To suggest that any changes were made “before fatal shooting” is false,’ he added.
His tweet came after police in New Mexico issued a search warrant for his iPhone, following the fatal October 21 shooting.
The search warrant, requested by Santa Fe sheriffs, authorizes police to review all text messages and photos on the actor’s iPhone, as well as any stored location data, as part of their investigation.
Baldwin was seen on his phone making a call shortly after the shooting.
Judge David Segura, a magistrate in Santa Fe, approved the request on Thursday afternoon.
Detective Alexandria Hancock – referred to in the warrant as the ‘affiant’ – said that they requested Baldwin hand over his phone, but the actor and his lawyers said that they require a warrant first.
‘Affiant requested Alec’s phone from him, as well as his attorney, and was instructed to acquire a warrant,’ the warrant request states.
Hancock, in the request for the warrant, spelt out in detail what she wanted to obtain from Baldwin’s phone – a list that included his contacts, call records, photos, videos, and text messages.
