Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter nearly two years after accidentally firing a prop gun that killed a production assistant back in 2021.
On Thursday, prosecutors said the Oscar-nominated actor was charged in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the Western movie “Rust” on October 21, 2021, NBC News reports.
Baldwin, Several Other Production Members Charged In Connection To Cinematographer’s Shooting Death
Several other members of production have been already similarly charged.
The film’s armorer who was in charge of weapons on the set, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was also charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies.
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And “Rust” first assistant director, David Halls, agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon, per Carmack-Altwies’ office.
Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot nearly 15 months ago during the filming of “Rust.” Baldwin had been rehearsing with a pistol for a scene set inside a church when the firearm went off, killing Hutchins and wounding the film’s director, Joel Souza.
Hutchins is survived by her husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their 9-year-old son, Aldous.
