SHOOTER BALDWIN FLUNKS LIE TEST!

Now actor insists cops ORDERED him not to talk about movie set gun death

ALEC BALDWIN is in the crosshairs over the fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins — and The National ENQUIRER can reveal the actor failed a lie detector test and may be covering up what he really knows about the tragedy!

Baldwin, 63, fled New Mexico after firing a live bullet while rehearsing a scene for the low-budget Western, killing Halyna and injuring director Joel Souza.

But anyone involved in the shooting, including Baldwin, the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and assistant director Dave Halls, could face charges, according to investigators.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza noted: “I wouldn’t call it an accident at all. It’s a criminal investigation.”

Baldwin, who’s also the film’s producer, tried to clear himself in an impromptu press conference — but voice stress analyst Michael Sylvestre, who reviewed the shooter’s remarks at The ENQUIRER’s request, concluded he was lying!

Standing on a roadside in Vermont where he’d joined his family, disheveled Baldwin said: “We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened.

“A woman died. She was my friend.

“There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this. This is a one in a trillion episode.”