Halyna Hutchins' heartbroken father has spoken out about the tragedy that took place on the set of Rust.
On October 21, while rehearsing for a scene on set in Santa Fe, actor Alec Baldwin was handed a gun by the assistant director and held it up at the camera.
The shot accidentally killed 42-year-old cinematographer Hutchins and injured 48-year-old director Joel Souza.
Now, Halyna's father Anatoly Androsovych, 61, told The Sun he did not understand Baldwin's claim he killed his daughter "without pulling the trigger".
Anatoly — who had initially refused to condemn Baldwin, 63 — now insists he must take some of the blame for the death of Halyna, 42, in October.
"I can’t understand the behavior of Alec," Anatoly told The Sun. "Why did he sweep out his tweets when it became clear the shooting was on rehearsal?"
He went on: "And why did he fire the shot during the preparations? The revolver is the type of gun that doesn’t shoot before the trigger is pressed and Alec is partially guilty for causing that shot.
"It is clear to me Baldwin fired the shot from his hand so it's hard for me to understand how he cannot be held partly responsible for my daughter’s death."
Anatoly said he was not sure if his grandson Andros, nine — who Halyna had with American lawyer husband Matthew — would "ever fully recover" from the tragedy.
"Andros is slowly getting back to life, but this is huge blow for all of us," he added.
According to a search warrant affidavit, the assistant director shouted "cold gun" before handing Baldwin the gun and was unaware that the weapon was loaded with live rounds.
In a recent sit-down interview with ABC News's George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin said that he did not pull the trigger.
In one part of the interview, Stephanopoulos mentioned that pulling the trigger of the prop gun wasn't in the script, to which Baldwin replied: "Well, the trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger."
Stephanopoulos responded: "So you never pulled the trigger?"
"No, no, no, no, no," Baldwin said. "I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them. Never."
However, search warrant affidavits released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office state that "the prop-gun was fired by the actor Alec Baldwin."
Rust director Joel Souza also told police that Baldwin was sitting in a pew in the building and was practicing a cross draw when he suddenly heard a "whip and then a loud pop."
