Actor Alec Baldwin appears in court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US on Jan 23, 2019.TAOS, New Mexico — American actor Alec Baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter charges carrying prison time in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the 2021 filming of Western Rust in New Mexico.
According to a police report, David Halls, the assistant director who handed the gun to Baldwin, told the actor it was "cold," an industry term meaning it did not contain blank rounds. Halls signed a plea agreement for the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon, Carmack-Altwies said in her statement. Gutierrez-Reed had handled the gun before Halls.
"It's a very aggressive charging decision, and the defence has a strong case," said personal injury attorney and former prosecutor Neama Rahmani, who was not involved in the Rust case. "Accidents like this are not enough for criminal liability." An FBI forensic test of the revolver found it "functioned normally" and would not fire without the trigger being pulled.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office investigation did not reveal how live ammunition got onto the Rust set.
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