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I didn't see this coming. From what was described, it was clearly an accident. I didn't think they'd be charging him with manslaughter.
More than a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin on the “Rust” movie set, prosecutors announced they will charge the actor and the film’s armorer with involuntary manslaughter, accusing the pair of failing to perform essential firearm safety duties that could have prevented the tragic accident.
Hutchins was killed on the film’s New Mexico set in October 2021 when a prop gun Baldwin was holding fired a live round of ammunition, striking Hutchins in the chest and hitting director Joel Souza in the shoulder.
Baldwin has maintained that he never pulled the trigger and was not aware the gun contained live rounds. Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the set armorer who loaded the prop gun, says she believed the rounds were dummy ammunition, according to her lawyer.
Prosecutors, however, say both Baldwin and Gutierrez Reed were responsible for checking the safety of the prop.
“Every person that handles a gun has a duty to make sure that if they’re going to handle that gun, point it at someone and pull the trigger, that it is not going to fire a projectile and kill someone,” New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies told CNN Thursday.
Alec Baldwin and 'Rust' movie armorer are to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in fatal set shooting. Here's what to expect next | CNN
More than a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin on the "Rust" movie set, prosecutors announced they will charge the actor and the film's armorer with involuntary manslaughter, accusing the pair of failing to perform essential firearm safety duties that...
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