Alec Baldwin will stand trial for shooting and killing Halyna Hutchins. Will justice be served?
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.- In an update on one of the most disturbing and high-profile cases in Hollywood in recent years, Alec Baldwin will stand trial for manslaughter for shooting and killing Halyna Hutchins.
What will he be accused of and what penalty does he face if he loses the trial?
Actor Alec Baldwin faces trial for manslaughter for shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced in a statement that the charges will be filed by the end of the month.
“Actor and producer Alec Baldwin and gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will be charged with two counts of manslaughter each,” she reads in the text.
Where did the events occur?
On a ranch near Santa Fe in the state of New Mexico, where a cowboy movie called Rust was being filmed.
How did the events occur?
The actor was rehearsing a scene for the movie Rust when the accident occurred at a ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
On October 21, 2021, the twelfth day of shooting, the cast was rehearsing a shooting that took place inside a church at Bonanza Creek Ranch. Gutierrez-Reed placed three prop guns on a cart. Among them was a plastic pistol that could not fire real bullets, a modified gun that could not discharge any type of bullet, and a .45 Long Colt revolver.21 The latter was selected by Halls, who handed it over to Baldwin and announced that it was a “cold gun” to inform the other operators on the shoot that he was out of ammunition. Cameraman Reid Russell was positioned on a camera dolly, looking at a monitor with Hutchins and Souza close by. The scene involved Baldwin’s character removing a gun from his holster and pointing it at the camera.
As the trio stood behind the monitor, repositioning the camera to avoid a shadow, Baldwin began to explain to the team how he planned to draw the gun. When he removed it from the holster, at approximately 1:50 p.m. MT, Baldwin discharged the pistol once and the round flew towards the three people behind the monitor, hitting Hutchins in the chest and Souza in the clavicle. The incident was not recorded.
Hutchins was airlifted to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where she was pronounced dead. Souza was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, where he was treated and released the following morning.
In the aftermath of the incident, production of Rust was suspended indefinitely. wikipedia
Who else will be charged with murder?
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the person who was in charge of the guns on the set, will also be charged with manslaughter.
