"She was my friend," the agency reports Baldwin's words.
They were “a very well-oiled team”, he said, before this fatal tragedy struck.
The actor also said that he keeps in touch with Hutchins' husband and offers his support to their family.
Earlier it was reported that Baldwin accidentally shot the cameraman, as a result of which she died, and wounded the director on the set of the film.
Later it became known that Baldwin's colleagues assured him that there was no live ammunition in the pistol.
Film critic David Shneiderov, in an interview with the Public News Service, commented on the tragedy on the set of the film "Rust".