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Alec Baldwin has accused police of lying with regards to claims he requested a "larger gun" on the set of Rust before the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
An affidavit from Detective Alexandria Hancock said the actor discussed his choice of weapon with Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed via email.
"Alec said since they were in rehearsal, he assumed he had an empty gun, therefore when he shot the gun, Haylena [sic] was right in front of him," Hancock wrote.
"Alec described the gun to be a 'period' Colt. He said there were emails transferred back and forth between Hannah and him where she showed him different styles of guns.
Hancock continued in the affidavit: "He said he requested a bigger gun, and she also showed him different styles of knives for the production. Alec was shown a Colt with a brown handle, and a cherry handle, and he ultimately chose the one with the brown handle."
Baldwin deleted his Twitter account earlier this month, just days after his explosive ABC interview about the tragedy in which he insisted that he did not pull the trigger on the firearm.
On Thursday night, the 30 Rock star reactivated his account to refute the claims made by police in the affidavit.
Sharing a prior Newsweek article about said claims, Baldwin tweeted: "This, in fact, is a lie.
"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."
Baldwin's Twitter account is still active but has been made private. A screenshot of the tweet was shared by the Daily Mail.
Newsweek has contacted the Santa Fe County Sherriff's office and Baldwin's representatives for further comment.
A search warrant was also issued this week to acquire Baldwin's cell phone.
A "forensic download" has been approved to acquire all contacts, text messages, social media accounts and data from the device, including possible deleted data. The warrant also seeks GPS data related to the phone.
Baldwin's civil attorney Aaron Dyer has said that Baldwin's personal information on his phone should be protected.
"We are confident that the evidence will show that Mr. Baldwin is not responsible civilly or criminally for what occurred on October 21, and he continues to cooperate with authorities," Dyer said in a statement to Newsweek.
"We proactively requested that the authorities obtain a warrant so that we could take steps to protect Mr. Baldwin's family and personal information that is clearly unrelated to the investigation."
Dyer added: "A phone contains a person's entire life, and personal information needs to be protected. While they evaluate the phone information, we hope that the authorities continue to focus on how the live rounds got on the set in the first place."
