Prosecutors have filed involuntary manslaughter charges with a court in New Mexico against Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed over the fatal 'Rust' shooting.
with involuntary manslaughter, alongside the armorer of the western “Rust,” where he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.in connection with the Oct. 21, 2021 shooting. If convinced of the most serious charge, they could each face a mandatory 5-year prison sentence.
The prosecution will need to convince a jury of a timeline of events. Questions remain over how a live round ended up on set and the chain of possession of the gun as it was ultimately handed to Baldwin. After that, a preliminary hearing will be held where the judge takes on the role of a grand jury and decides whether the prosecutors can take their case to trial. While the court has yet to set those dates, preliminary hearings typically occur within 60 days of charges being filed.Actor Alec Baldwin will face criminal charges in the accidental, on-set fatal shooting of a cinematographer.
The first assistant director told the attorneys in the deposition in December that it was Gutierrez Reed who had handed the gun to Baldwin and he denied calling out “cold gun” to announce the weapon was safe to use.
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