Actor charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting
Alec Baldwin fatally shot Halyna Hutchins during an October 21st, 2021, rehearsal when he pointed his gun at the cinematographer and the weapon fired a live round as she set up a camera shot. Photograph: Andy Kropa/APA judge on Friday denied another request from Alec Baldwin to dismiss the charge against him in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot on the set of Rust in 2021.
FBI testing heavily damaged the firearm before Baldwin’s team was able to examine it for any potential modifications and authorities failed to photograph the individual elements of the firearm beforehand, the defence had argued. The defence had also accused prosecutors of withholding evidence that the revolver Baldwin used on set was damaged at the time of the incident and described the state’s conduct as “outrageous” and “egregious”.
The judge did rule that prosecutors must disclose to the jury the “destructive nature of the firearm testing, the resulting loss and its relevance and import”. She was responsible for ensuring the safety of weapons on set but failed to do so. Baldwin fatally shot Hutchins during an October 21st, 2021, rehearsal when he pointed his gun at the cinematographer and the weapon fired the live round as she set up a camera shot. The FBI and an independent firearms expert found the gun functioned normally and would not fire without the trigger depressed, but Baldwin’s defense team has argued that the firearm was prone to malfunctioning.
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