Alec Baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter over fatal shooting on Rust film set
Rust assistant director Dave Halls is facing negligent use of a deadly weapon charges. He has pleaded no contest and has entered into a plea agreement that is pending approval.Industry-wide firearms safety guidelines instruct actors to assume a firearm is loaded with blanks and rely on professional weapons handlers to ensure a weapon is safe.Actors are told to only point a weapon at a person under the guidance of firearms professionals. Live ammunition is strictly forbidden on sets.
Gutierrez-Reed said she checked the rounds she loaded in the revolver were dummies before handing it to Halls.Read more: The decision on charges was made about three months after prosecutors received the final report on the shooting from the Santa Fe sheriff's office, following a lengthy investigation also involving the FBI.Special prosecutor Andrea Reeb said at the time:"If any one of these three people - Alec Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed or David Halls - had done their job, Halyna Hutchins would be alive today. It's that simple.
"The evidence clearly shows a pattern of criminal disregard for safety on the Rust film set. In New Mexico, there is no room for film sets that don't take our state's commitment to gun safety and public safety seriously." Santa Fe's district attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said:"No one is above the law, and everyone deserves justice."
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