Alec Baldwin formally charged in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
- The actor and weapons specialist Hannah Gutierrez-Reed both face involuntary manslaughter charges over the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
- Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins during a rehearsal on set when the gun went off, killing her and wounding the director, Joel Souza
Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday.
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed the charging documents naming Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised weapons on the set of the Western Rust.
The filing comes nearly two weeks after she first announced that Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed would be prosecuted for what authorities have described as a pattern of criminal disregard for safety. In recent weeks, Carmack-Altwies has outlined two sets of involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the shooting.
Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed maintain their innocence and have vowed to fight the charges.
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Baldwin’s lawyer Luke Nikas declined to comment on Tuesday and referred to his previous statement on the case, in which he called the charges a “terrible miscarriage of justice” that he and his client would fight and win.