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Actor Alec Baldwin says he cocked the gun that fatally shot the cinematographer for his unfinished film Rust — but insisted that he did not pull the trigger.

Alec Baldwin is lawyering up by hiring attorney Aaron S. Dyer of the New York law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman to represent him in civil suits related to the fatal on-set shooting on the indie western movie “Rust,” according to multiple reports.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.”

Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor for the unfinished film Rust, filed suit against its lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin Wednesday, declaring “Mr. Baldwin cannot hide” from responsibility for the fatal on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded the movie’s director.

Actor George Clooney says that “stupid mistakes” led to Alec Baldwin fatally shooting 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.

A crew member of the movie Rust is suing Alec Baldwin and other people associated with the indie western film, claiming the defendants’ alleged negligence surrounding the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has caused him severe emotional distress.

“Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise,” Alec Baldwin tweeted Monday, “should have a police officer on set.”

Actor and left-wing activist Alec Baldwin “protected” his Twitter account on Tuesday — effectively controlling which users can view the star’s tweets.

Matthew Hutchins — the husband of the late “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died late last month after being fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin on the film set — has reportedly hired a Los Angeles law firm that specializes in wrongful death lawsuits.

Actress Janet Hubert, famous for her role as “Aunt Viv” on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, was mocked online after suggesting Donald Trump supporters may have somehow given actor Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon on the set of his film Rust before the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins — as revenge for having parodied the former president.

Alec Baldwin reposted to his 2.4 million Instagram followers a “Rust” crew member’s lengthy statement about what happened on the set where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed, insisting the claims that of an unsafe film set are “bullshit.”

Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria were slammed after posing with their six children clad in Halloween costumes and posting to Instagram what many called “tasteless” photos. The posts came one week after Alec killed Rust cinematographer and mother Halyna Hutchins, who was memorialized over the weekend.

After being shot by star Alec Baldwin on the set of the film “Rust,” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins reportedly said, “That was no good. That was no good at all,” before being rushed to a hospital where she died.

Alec Baldwin spoke to photographers on the side of a road in Vermont on Saturday, where he told paparazzi that Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins — who he killed last week while filming the movie “Rust” — was his “friend.”

“Rust” head armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed broke her silence in a statement issued by her attorneys on Friday, in which she blamed producers, adding that she has “no idea” where the live rounds of ammunition came from, and that people have “slandered” her to the media.

In the wake of Alec Baldwin accidentally shooting and killing a cinematographer last week, there’s serious talk of banning functioning guns on all movie and TV sets. All gunfire should be CGI’d now, they say.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Investigators plan to discuss their initial findings Wednesday in the fatal movie-set shooting in which Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer and wounding the director.

Criminal charges have not been ruled out in the fatal shooting by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of his western film, Rust, last week, the Santa Fe County district attorney reportedly said on Tuesday.

Alec Baldwin is “canceling other projects,” and was “inconsolable for hours,” after the prop gun he was holding killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza — according to a report by People.

At the time of an accidental shooting on the set of a western that killed a camera operator and wounded the director in New Mexico last week, actor Alec Baldwin was practicing drawing his weapon and firing it at the camera, according to an affidavit released Sunday night.

“Any risk is too much risk,” the executive producer of ABC’s police drama “The Rookie” announced in a staff memo Friday, saying the events in New Mexico had “shaken us all.”

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the head armorer on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Rust Western, said she “almost didn’t take” her last job due to fears that she was not “ready.”

On his show “State of the Union,” CNN anchor Jake Tapper declared that Republicans were repeatedly violating “basic decency.”

The New York Post reports that Halyna Hutchins, the 42-year-old cinematographer who Alec Baldwin shot and killed on the Rust movie set Thursday, was shot in the chest.

Actors and filmmakers including Joe Manganiello are reacting to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on social media after she died following an on set incident involving Alec Baldwin.