Actor Alec Baldwin said he never pulled the trigger of the gun that was fired on the set of the film "Rust" on October 21, which is opposite to police reports that allege he did.
In a preview of the actor's interview with George Stephanopoulos, which airs on ABC News at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Baldwin said "the trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger."
"I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them," he told Stephanopoulos. "Even now, I find it hard to believe that. It doesn't seem real to me."
Last month, a prop gun that Baldwin was holding discharged on set and killed the film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and injured the film's director, Joel Souza.
"Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and fired the loaded gun even though the upcoming scene to be filmed did not call for the cocking and firing of a firearm," a lawsuit filed by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell claimed.
Stephanopoulos asked Baldwin how this happened and how a real bullet could have gotten on the New Mexico set.
"I have no idea," Baldwin said. "Someone put a live bullet in a gun. A bullet that was not even supposed to be on the property."
People who accidentally kill other people have minimal support and can often suffer from PTSD and other mental health issues, Insider previously reported.
"You said you're not a victim," Stephanopoulos said, "but is this the worst thing that's ever happened to you?"
Baldwin responded: "Yes, because I think back, and I think of what could I have done?'"
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