Alec Baldwin will be criminally charged by New Mexico prosecutors for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halina Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust."
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Baldwin, the Emmy-winning star of "30 Rock" and dozens of films including "The Hunt for Red October," shot Hutchins.
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Baldwin stated that he "didn't pull the trigger" in an interview.
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An FBI forensic report revealed that the gun could not have gone off without the trigger being pulled, despite Baldwin's denials.
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Baldwin and the film's showrunner, Hannah Gutierrez-Reid, will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
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Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reid will be charged under a standard called "alternatively charged"
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David Halles, assistant director of "Rust", signed a plea agreement to a charge of reckless use of a deadly weapon, resulting in a suspended sentence and six months probation.
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Hutchins was shot and killed on October 21, 2021, during a scene in which Baldwin used a gun loaded with live bullet rounds instead of dummies,