'Rust' star Alec Baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter charges in connection to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Alec Baldwin indicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter from ‘Rust’ set
Fox News’ Jonathan Hunt reports on Alec Baldwin's indictment in New Mexico in the fatal ‘Rust’ movie set shooting.
Alec Baldwin will head to court in July for his trial in the fatal "Rust" shooting.
Jury selection will begin July 9, according to New Mexico Courts. The trial is expected to last until July 19.
Baldwin is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the set of "Rust" on October 21, 2021.
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Alec Baldwin will head to court in July for the fatal "Rust" movie set shooting. (Jim Spellman)
Baldwin was indicted on two counts – involuntary manslaughter, negligent use of a firearm, or, in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter without due caution or circumspection – on Jan. 19.
The actor had previously been charged with involuntary manslaughter on Jan. 31, 2023. However, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis dropped the charges in April after coming across "new facts" that required additional review.
After investigating further, prosecutors convened a grand jury.
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Alec Baldwin and the "Rust" crew finished filming the Western in May. (Reuters)
Alec Baldwin is interviewed on the set of "Rust" after the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins. (Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department)
Baldwin has maintained that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that led to Halyna Hutchins' death on Oct. 21, 2021. At the time, he had been rehearsing a scene featuring a cross-draw that Hutchins wanted to possibly add to the script.
"The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger," Baldwin told George Stephanopoulos in an interview shortly after the fatal shooting.
"No, no, no, no, I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger. Never."
However, the FBI conducted an accidental discharge test and determined the gun used in the fatal shooting of Hutchins "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger," ABC News reported.
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Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the "Rust" movie, is seen in bodycam video answering a deputy's questions after the fatal shooting on Oct. 21, 2021. (Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office)
The trial for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the original armorer for the "Rust" film, started on Feb. 21, and is expected to last a little longer than two weeks.
The armorer is facing charges of evidence tampering and involuntary manslaughter. Special prosecutors have accused Gutierrez Reed of bringing the live ammo to set and doing drugs in the days before the fatal 2021 shooting, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
