(CNY Central) Actor and producer Alec Baldwin, who fatally shot a cinematographer on the set of the movie “Rust” in 2021, will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said Thursday morning.
Prosecutors said weapons specialist Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised weapons on the set, will also face the same charges.
The shooting claimed the life of Halyna Hutchins and injured Joel Souza, a director, during a rehearsal for the film at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico on Oct. 21, 2021. Hutchins died shortly after she was shot.
FILE – A musician plays a violin behind a photograph of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a vigil in her honor in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. A Santa Fe district attorney is prepared to announce whether to press charges in the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said a decision will be announced Thursday morning, Jan. 19, 2022, in a statement and on social media platforms. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)
Baldwin has said he did not know the gun he fired on the set was loaded with a live round.
