Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in 'Rust' shooting death

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Actor Alec Baldwin will face a criminal charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halayna Hutchins on a film set. The film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, is facing the same charge.

In addition to those charges, the prosecutor said, assistant director David Halls"has signed a plea deal for the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon."

Baldwin's attorney, Luke Nikas, called the decision to file charges"a terrible miscarriage of justice" and a distortion of a tragedy. Under the basic involuntary manslaughter charge, prosecutors would need to show that underlying negligence played a role in the shooting death. That charge would also"likely" merge with a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a firearm, prosecutors said.

 

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