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Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave to c/news

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Grand jury in New Mexico charged the actor for a shooting on Rust set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

Actor Alec Baldwin is facing a new involuntary manslaughter charge over the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust.

A Santa Fe, New Mexico, grand jury indicted Baldwin on Friday, months after prosecutors had dismissed the same criminal charge against him.

During an October 2021 rehearsal on the set of Rust, a western drama, Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off, fatally striking her and wounding Joel Souza, the film’s director.

Baldwin, a co-producer and star of the film, has said he did not pull the trigger, but pulled back the hammer of the gun before it fired.

Last April, special prosecutors dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin, saying the firearm might have been modified prior to the shooting and malfunctioned and that forensic analysis was warranted. But in August, prosecutors said they were considering re-filing the charges after a new analysis of the weapon was completed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

By that logic, if someone drives a car with poor brakes and those defective brakes fail causing an accident, the driver is at fault.

[–] replicat 1 points 10 months ago

In a commercial situation like a monster truck exhibition, there is president that the operator can be held liable for foreseeable mechanical failure that injures people.

This wasn't a kid playing with his mom's gun. It was a commercial production.

[–] SpezBroughtMeHere 1 points 10 months ago

Hey I've seen that movie! Wait, it was a pickup truck in a parade and if I remember correctly, the driver got charged.