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Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer on the set of a film in 2021.
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Prosecutors announced that the actor would be charged with involuntary manslaughter after more than a year of investigations.
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The film’s armourer will face the same charge.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the actor Alec Baldwin has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Hutchins was shot dead by Baldwin on the set of “Rust” film shooting on October 20, 2021.
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On Thursday, prosecutors announced that they were charging the actor and the film’s armourer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, over the cinematographer’s death.
“’Rust’ actor and producer Alec Baldwin and armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the film’s Santa Fe County set in 2021,” New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced in a statement.
Baldwin was rehearsing with the gun when it went off and killed Hutchins, although there was not supposed to be live ammunition on the set.
The actor has maintained he did not pull the gun’s trigger, placing responsibility for the tragedy on the armourer and props assistant on the film, as well as the assistant director Dave Halls, who handed him the gun.
In November, Baldwin filed suit against Reed, Halls, and other individuals associated with the film, according to a cross-complaint.
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Through their respective attorneys, both persons maintained they were not at fault and accused Baldwin of deflecting blame onto others.
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