Alec Baldwin faces new indictment in 'Rust' movie set shooting
Prosecutors charged Alec Baldwin again with involuntary manslaughter after being indicted by a grand jury Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust" in 2021, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
Hutchins was shot and killed on the "Rust" set while they were rehearsing a scene after a gun Baldwin was holding discharged. Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter (negligent use of a firearm) or in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter (without due caution or circumspection).
"We look forward to our day in court," Baldwin's lawyers Alex Spiro and Luke Nikas told Fox News Digital on Friday.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to prosecutors for further comment.
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Baldwin was originally charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the alternative on Jan. 31. The charges were later dropped in April.
At the time, the prosecution claimed "new facts" had been revealed that require further investigation. In their motion to dismiss, the special prosecutors noted the inquiry and forensic analysis required cannot be completed before the start of Baldwin's preliminary hearing, which was scheduled for May 3 at the time.
Special prosecutors revealed they would ask a grand jury to decide if Baldwin should face criminal charges for a second time in October, nearly two years after Hutchins' death.
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"After extensive investigation over the past several months, additional facts have come to light that we believe show Mr. Baldwin has criminal culpability in the death of Halyna Hutchins and the shooting of Joel Souza," special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said in a statement last month.
They added, "We believe the appropriate course of action is to permit a panel of New Mexico citizens to determine from here whether Mr. Baldwin should be held over for criminal trial."
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Baldwin has maintained that he did not pull the trigger of the gun Oct. 21, 2021.
"The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger," Baldwin told George Stephanopoulos in a tell-all 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 cinematographer Halyna Hutchins "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger," ABC News reported.
During the legal back-and-forth, new footage – obtained by NBC News – emerged showing Baldwin firing a prop gun on the film set.
Baldwin can be heard telling crew members to move out of the path of the gun in the video, obtained and published Nov. 16 by NBC News. The footage was reportedly taken sometime before Hutchins was fatally shot Oct. 21, 2021.
"Now wait a second. I'm going to shoot right," Baldwin said. "Do you mind going to the other side of the camera? I don't want to shoot toward you."
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At another point, Baldwin seems concerned for the safety of whoever is behind the camera saying, "I don't know why you're going up hills and all this other – you're going to break your f---ing neck." Later in the clip, a woman can be heard saying, "Everyone doesn't need to be right here in the path of the gun. Could you please move?"