<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> scored a substantial legal victory Monday when the Santa Fe County, New Mexico, district attorney dropped the gun enhancement charge against the actor in the case over the shooting death of &#8220;Rust&#8221; cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The dropped charge means Baldwin will not face any longer than 18 months in prison, even if he is convicted of involuntary manslaughter, TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/20/alec-baldwin-rust-fatal-shooting-da-drops-gun-enhancement-charge/">reported</a>. For Baldwin to be convicted of the gun enhancement charge, prosecutors would have to prove that he brandished the firearm with intent to harm or intimidate a person. 
&#8220;In order to avoid further litigious distractions by Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys, the District Attorney and the special prosecutor have removed the firearm enhancement to the involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the &#8216;Rust&#8217; film set,&#8221; a spokesperson for First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/alec-baldwin-scores-win-rust-fatal-shooting-case-da-drops-firearm-enhancement">told</a> Fox News Digital. &#8220;The prosecution&#8217;s priority is securing justice, not securing billable hours for big-city attorneys.&#8221;
With the gun enhancement charge tacked on, Baldwin would have faced a mandatory five years behind bars if convicted, Fox News reported. Earlier this month, Baldwin’s lawyers challenged the charge, arguing it was unconstitutional. 
&#8220;The prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a version of the firearm-enhancement statute that did not exist on the date of the accident,&#8221; a legal filing stated.
Baldwin was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-over-2021-rust-shooting">charged</a> with involuntary manslaughter last month over the fatal shooting of Hutchins in October 2021. In a probable cause statement, prosecutors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-over-2021-rust-shooting">allege</a> that Baldwin “drew the revolver from the holster, pointed it at Halyna Hutchins, and fired the weapon.”
The actor has maintained that he is not responsible for Hutchins’ death on the set. 
“I feel that someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me,” Baldwin told ABC News&#8217;s George Stephanopoulos in December 2021. “I might have killed myself if I thought I was responsible, and I don’t say that lightly.”
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the person allegedly responsible for handling guns on the movie set, also faces an involuntary manslaughter charge.

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D.A. Drops Key Charge Against Alec Baldwin In ‘Rust’ Shooting Case

D.A. Drops Key Charge Against Alec Baldwin In 'Rust' Shooting Case

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Producers confirmed that the western movie “Rust” is scheduled to resume filming in 2023 and that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a> will continue in the lead role. 
The news comes just after Baldwin was charged with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">involuntary manslaughter</a> stemming from the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Hutchins was killed on the New Mexico set during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">scene rehearsal</a> when a bullet discharged from a gun Baldwin was holding. The actor maintains that he never pulled the trigger. However, an FBI forensic report <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/gun-rust-shooting-fired-pulling-trigger-fbi-report/story?id=88311336">concluded</a> that the firearm in the fatal shooting could not have fired without the trigger being pulled.
Melina Spadone, an attorney for Rust Movie Productions LLC, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rust-continues-production-alec-baldwin-lead-role-following-involuntary-manslaughter-charges">told</a> Fox News Digital that the movie is &#8220;on track to be completed with Mr. Baldwin in the lead role and Joel Souza as director.&#8221;
Souza was hit with the same bullet that killed Hutchins and was hospitalized but released the day after the shooting.
Spadone also said the project would include &#8220;on-set safety supervisors and union crew members, and will bar any use of working weapons or any ammunition.&#8221;
Filming won’t take place in New Mexico, however, as Spadone previously told the news outlet. She said producers were &#8220;considering other locations, including in California, but no decisions have been made.&#8221; 
Last week, Baldwin’s lawyer, Luke Nikas, slammed the charges brought against his client. 
“This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice,” the attorney said in a statement. 
“Mr. Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun – or anywhere on the movie set,” the statement added. “He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. We will fight these charges, and we will win.”
The charges are considered a fourth-degree felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison. But because a firearm was involved, a guilty conviction could result in up to five years of jail time for Baldwin.
Hutchins’ family also released a statement thanking the Santa Fe Sheriff and the District Attorney for deeming the incident worthy of charges being filed, especially due to the “conscious disregard for human life.” 
“Our independent investigation also supports that charges are warranted. It is a comfort to the family that, in New Mexico, no one is above the law,” they said. “We support the charges, will fully cooperate with this prosecution, and fervently hope the justice system works to protect the public and hold accountable those who break the law.”
Baldwin has been adamant about his innocence since the incident occurred. 
“I feel that someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me,” the 64-year-old actor told ABC News in December 2021.

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‘Rust’ Will Resume Production In 2023 With Alec Baldwin In Lead Despite Involuntary Manslaughter Charges

'Rust' Will Resume Production In 2023 With Alec Baldwin In Lead Despite Involuntary Manslaughter Charges

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A lawyer representing actor Adam Baldwin slammed the criminal charges brought against him Thursday over the accidental shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021 on the set of the film “Rust.”
New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced that Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was the armorer on the set where Hutchins was fatally shot, were each charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
“This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice,&#8221; Baldwin attorney Luke Nikas said in a statement.
“Mr. Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun – or anywhere on the movie set,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. We will fight these charges, and we will win.”
In New Mexico, involuntary manslaughter is a fourth-degree felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison. However, because a firearm was involved, the punishment for a conviction could be bumped to a mandatory five years in jail.
After the charges were announced, Hutchins’ family released a statement through their attorney, Brian Panish.
“We want to thank the Santa Fe Sheriff and the District Attorney for concluding their thorough investigation and determining that charges for involuntary manslaughter are warranted for the killing of Halyna Hutchins with conscious disregard for human life,” the statement said. “Our independent investigation also supports that charges are warranted. It is a comfort to the family that, in New Mexico, no one is above the law. We support the charges, will fully cooperate with this prosecution, and fervently hope the justice system works to protect the public and hold accountable those who break the law.”
The charges come after the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office turned over a 500-page report on its investigation to prosecutors in October. The report contains redactions, but the investigation found that Baldwin fired a gun with live ammunition. The report also paints a chaotic picture of what happened the day of the shooting, as well as documents repeated problems with firearms on the set.
A report signed by the New Mexico chief medical investigator found Hutchins’ death to be an “accident,” according to CNN.
“Review of available law enforcement reports showed no compelling demonstration that the firearm was intentionally loaded with live ammunition on set. Based on all available information, including the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death, the manner of death is best classified as accident,” the report said.
Baldwin has rejected culpability in Hutchins’ death. In December 2021, Baldwin told George Stephanopoulos in an interview on ABC News that “I didn’t pull the trigger” of the prop gun that fired and killed Hutchins. Baldwin further denied responsibility for Hutchins’ death.
“I feel that someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me,” Baldwin told the host. “I might have killed myself if I thought I was responsible, and I don’t say that lightly.”
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

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Alec Baldwin’s Team Responds To Criminal Charges Against The Actor

Alec Baldwin's Team Responds To Criminal Charges Against The Actor

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a> has filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">lawsuit</a> against some former crew members of the movie “Rust,” where a shooting incident resulted in the death of cinematographer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/halyna-hutchins">Halyna Hutchins</a> last year. 
The 64-year-old actor &#8220;seeks to clear his name,&#8221; new court documents filed in Los Angeles say, as he claims to have suffered loss of status and income after the prop gun he was holding discharged and killed Hutchins in October 2021 while the movie was filming in New Mexico, People <a href="https://people.com/movies/alec-baldwin-rust-seeks-clear-his-name-new-lawsuit-against-armorer-crew/">reported</a>. 
&#8220;More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy,&#8221; the lawsuit states. 
Some people named in the newest lawsuit are armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, assistant director David Halls, prop master Sarah Zachry, and armorer assistant Seth Kenney. Kenney&#8217;s prop weapon and ammunition supply store company is also listed as Baldwin seeks damages.
The suit says these individuals &#8220;owed a duty to those on set, including Baldwin, to keep the set safe. Everyone on set, including Baldwin, expected and trusted them to do so.&#8221;
The lawsuit continues, &#8220;This tragedy occurred on a movie set — not a gun range, not a battlefield, not a location where even a remote possibility should exist that a gun would contain live ammunition. It occurred under the supervision of a professional armorer, Gutierrez-Reed, and the First Assistant Director, Halls, who were hired to protect the actors and crew on set.”
&#8220;This tragedy happened because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun, Gutierrez-Reed failed to check the bullets or the gun carefully, Halls failed to check the gun carefully and yet announced the gun was safe before handing it to Baldwin, and Zachry failed to disclose that Gutierrez-Reed had been acting recklessly off set and was a safety risk to those around her,&#8221; it says. 
The “30 Rock” actor is seeking &#8220;compensatory, nominal, statutory, and punitive damages.&#8221; 
In October, Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions LLC reached a settlement with the Hutchins’ estate for an undisclosed amount over a wrongful death suit filed in February.
“The filming of ‘Rust,’ which I will now executive produce, will resume with all the original principal players on board in January 2023,” Halyna’s husband, Matthew Hutchins, said in a statement, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/are-you-for-real-alec-baldwin-hit-with-backlash-over-halyna-hutchins-post-one-year-after-fatal-shooting">reported</a>.
“I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame (to the producers or Mr. Baldwin). All of us believe Halyna’s death was a terrible accident,” he continued. “I am grateful that the producers and the entertainment community have come together to pay tribute to Halyna’s final work.”

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Alec Baldwin Sues ‘Rust’ Crew For Fatal Gun Error As He ‘Seeks to Clear His Name’

Alec Baldwin Sues 'Rust' Crew For Fatal Gun Error As He 'Seeks to Clear His Name'

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-eyewitness-details-alec-baldwin-shooting-incident-says-actor-asked-why-he-was-given-a-hot-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> received backlash on social media over a post he published Friday, marking the one-year anniversary of the day cinematographer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/halyna-hutchins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halyna Hutchins</a> was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/are-criminal-charges-on-the-way-for-alec-baldwin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> and director Joel Souza was wounded after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gun</a> he was holding discharged on the film set of “Rust.”
The post included a photo of Hutchins working on a project, with the caption, &#8220;One year ago today…&#8221;
&#8220;Little insensitive to post this I think,&#8221; one person wrote. Another commented, &#8220;Is that the person [you] shot?
&#8220;It’s your own fault homie,&#8221; a comment said. &#8220;Why would you even post this?&#8221; someone else questioned. &#8220;Seems exploitative given you’re getting all the attention from your fans instead of everyone focusing on her and her poor family.&#8221;
&#8220;Wow. Are you for real?&#8221; one reaction said, as another read, &#8220;Man you should turn the comments off this post.&#8221;
Baldwin has since &#8220;limited&#8221; comments on the post, which has accumulated more than 94,000 likes.
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Earlier this month, Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions LLC reached a settlement with the Hutchins&#8217; estate for an undisclosed amount over a wrongful death suit filed in February.
“The filming of &#8216;Rust,&#8217; which I will now executive produce, will resume with all the original principal players on board in January 2023,” husband Matthew Hutchins said in a statement, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/10/alec-baldwin-rust-halyna-hutchins-settlement-1235135693/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Deadline.
“I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame (to the producers or Mr. Baldwin). All of us believe Halyna’s death was a terrible accident,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I am grateful that the producers and the entertainment community have come together to pay tribute to Halyna’s final work.”
The Santa Fe District Attorney’s office is still deciding on criminal charges against the &#8220;30 Rock&#8221; actor.
“On the anniversary of the tragedy on the Rust film set in Santa Fe County, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altweis remains committed to pursuing justice for the victims, and getting answers for the community,” DA spokesperson Heather Brewer said in a <a href="https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/21/no-one-is-above-the-law-new-mexico-da-warns-on-ann/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “As soon as the District Attorney receives the full report from the Santa Fe County Sheriff, she and her team of professional attorneys and investigators will thoroughly review all the evidence and make a thoughtful decision about whether to bring charges against those involved. No one is above the law and every victim deserves justice.”
Days after the shooting, Baldwin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-eyewitness-details-alec-baldwin-shooting-incident-says-actor-asked-why-he-was-given-a-hot-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was cooperating with law enforcement.
“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours,” the statement said. “I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family.”
“My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna,” Baldwin added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-eyewitness-details-alec-baldwin-shooting-incident-says-actor-asked-why-he-was-given-a-hot-gun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Report: Eyewitness Details Alec Baldwin Shooting Incident, Says Actor Asked Why He Was Given A ‘Hot Gun’</a>

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‘Are You For Real?’: Alec Baldwin Hit With Backlash Over Halyna Hutchins Post One Year After Fatal Shooting

Alec Baldwin Receives Backlash Over Halyna Hutchins Post One Year After Fatal Shooting 

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Actor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> may have settled the wrongful death lawsuit with Matthew Hutchins, but officials say that will have no bearing on up to four possible criminal cases that could still be brought against him and others.
Hutchins, whose wife <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/halyna-hutchins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halyna Hutchins</a> was fatally shot on the set of his film &#8220;Rust,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-reaches-settlement-with-family-of-halyna-hutchins-in-rust-shooting-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settled</a> with Baldwin and others from the movie&#8217;s set — and reports circulated early on Wednesday that Hutchins was stepping in as the new executive producer.
But the office of New Mexico&#8217;s First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said that no settlement would influence her decision to pursue criminal charges, should she feel that they were warranted once the sheriff&#8217;s department provided a full report of their investigation.
&#8220;The proposed settlement announced today in Matthew Hutchins’ wrongful death case against Rust movie producers, including Alec Baldwin, in the death of Halyna Hutchins will have no impact on District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies’ ongoing investigation or her ultimate decision whether to file criminal charges in the case,&#8221; a statement from the DA&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/05/rust-settlement-criminal-investigation-alec-baldwin-halyna-hutchins-death/">provided</a> to TMZ read.
&#8220;While civil suits are settled privately and often involve financial awards, criminal cases deal only in facts. If the facts and evidence warrant criminal charges under New Mexico law then charges will be brought. No one is above the law,&#8221; it concluded.
Carmack-Altwies <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/are-criminal-charges-on-the-way-for-alec-baldwin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed an emergency request</a> in late September with the New Mexico Board of Finance — asking for $635,000 to support &#8220;up to four possible criminal cases&#8221; that she indicated could arise out of the ongoing investigation.
The Board of Finance approved half of the amount she requested — $317,000 — which she said would be used to fund a special prosecutor, special investigator, experts and others who could be necessary for up to four individual jury trials. Carmack-Altwies said that she would be &#8220;requesting special appropriation&#8221; in order to make up the difference in funding.
&#8220;One of the possible defendants is well known movie actor Alec Baldwin,&#8221; Carmack-Altwies said. She did not specifically name any other members of the cast or crew who may still be under investigation, but she did list a number of possible charges, saying that her office was &#8220;certainly looking at all the homicide statutes and any gun statutes under New Mexico criminal code.&#8221;

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DA: Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Settlement Won’t Derail Criminal Probe

DA: Alec Baldwin 'Rust' Settlement Won't Derail Criminal Probe

Criminal charges may be on the way for actor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/alec-baldwin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a>, according to a report published Monday by entertainment website TMZ.
The <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/26/alec-baldwin-criminal-charges-could-be-coming-da-requesting-funds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> detailed several recent moves made by District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies that indicate she could be planning to prosecute the actor in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/baldwin-on-if-he-feels-guilt-for-killing-halyna-hutchins-no-someone-is-responsible-its-not-me/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halyna Hutchins</a> on the set of his film &#8220;Rust.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/state-allots-money-for-costs-tied-to-4-potential-rust-prosecutions/article_698d26e8-3a99-11ed-bf8c-171a9944036d.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Santa Fe New Mexican</a>, Carmack-Altwies filed an <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/alec-baldwin-apos-rust-apos-223111595.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emergency request</a> last week — asking the New Mexico Board of Finance for $635,000 to support &#8220;up to four possible criminal cases&#8221; that she indicated could arise out of the ongoing investigation into the shooting.
The state board approved half the requested amount, granting her $317,000 to assist in funding a special prosecutor, special investigator, experts and others. The prosecutor said that up to four people could face charges — although she also noted that they might not all be found criminally liable. &#8220;We will be requesting a special appropriation for the rest of the money,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;One of the possible defendants is well known movie actor Alec Baldwin,&#8221; Carmack-Altwies said. She did not name any other members of the cast or crew who may still be under investigation, but she did list a number of possible charges, saying that her office was &#8220;certainly looking at all the homicide statutes and any gun statutes under New Mexico criminal code.&#8221;
Carmack-Altwies stated that the requested funds would be used to finance up to four separate jury trials pursuant to the shooting that killed Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.
A full report from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office — based on the lengthy investigation — is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
The prosecutor did not say for certain that she intended to file criminal charges but wanted the funding in place before the report&#8217;s release in the event that prosecutions were deemed warranted.
&#8220;Experts in firearms, the handling of firearms on movie sets, and safety protocols on move sets must be retained immediately,&#8221; Carmack-Altwies explained in the request. &#8220;If the First Judicial District Attorney … were to take funding for the &#8216;RUST&#8217; prosecution out of the general fund, there would not be enough funding to pay our employees, expert witnesses needed for other cases and general everyday expenses of the office.&#8221;

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Marine Corps veteran <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ludicrous-john-kirby-laughs-off-suggestion-that-the-country-behind-9-11-might-have-infected-biden-on-purpose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joey Jones</a> criticized actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/damning-fbi-report-on-fatal-shooting-on-rust-movie-set-spells-potential-trouble-for-alec-baldwin-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a> for continuing to blame everyone but himself for the tragic shooting on the set of his film &#8220;Rust&#8221; — which left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.
Jones joined Fox News&#8217; midday panel show &#8220;Outnumbered&#8221; on Wednesday, and the topic turned to Baldwin and his recent interview with exiled CNN anchor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-will-never-regret-helping-my-family-defiant-chris-cuomo-launches-podcast-in-the-wake-of-cnn-exile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Cuomo</a> — during which he suggested that the media was somehow to blame for the questions that continued to swirl about the shooting and the investigation that followed.
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&quot;Absolutely disgusting.&quot; USMC vet <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnny_Joey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Johnny_Joey</a> is not impressed with Alec Baldwin&#39;s insistence on blaming everyone but himself for &quot;Rust&quot; shooting. &quot;I don’t think he is a cold-blooded murderer, but he did something irresponsible and somebody died from it.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/6aZcCzfTUt">pic.twitter.com/6aZcCzfTUt</a>
&mdash; Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1559995976835801091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Cohost Harris Faulkner introduced the topic, referencing Baldwin&#8217;s interview with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos and his claims that he had not pulled the trigger.
&#8220;I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never,&#8221; Baldwin said at the time. &#8220;Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can&#8217;t say who that is, but I know it&#8217;s not me.&#8221;
Faulkner then noted that the FBI had determined it was not possible for that gun to have been fired without someone pulling the trigger. Despite that finding, Baldwin spoke to Cuomo about the incident and blamed the media, arguing that the people talking the loudest about how he must have been at fault were people who had not been on the set at the time.
&#8220;The people that are talking loudest about what happened or speculating about what happened were not on the set of the film. The L.A. Times, The Hollywood Reporter. They talk on and on and on about &#8216;what if this&#8217; and &#8216;what if that&#8217; &#8230; The thing that they have in common is that nobody was there,&#8221; he told Cuomo.
&#8220;The way he is handling this is just absolutely disgusting,&#8221; Jones said then. &#8220;Number one, if he never pulled the trigger, he&#8217;d be saying that from the moment it happened, you&#8217;d think, it was six weeks later when he came up with that idea to avoid or circumvent responsibility.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t think he is a cold-blooded murder, but he did something irresponsible and somebody died from it,&#8221; Jones continued. &#8220;Whatever the law says those consequences are, he needs to be held to it.&#8221;

‘Absolutely Disgusting’: Marine Corps Veteran Slams Alec Baldwin For Blaming Everyone But Himself

Marine Corps Veteran Joey Jones Slams Alec Baldwin For Blaming Everyone But Himself

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The 24-year-old set armorer for the film “Rust” broke down after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, confessing, “I just f***ed up my whole entire career,” as revealed by newly-released video footage.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed was questioned by police on the set after actor-producer Alec Baldwin pointed a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and it went off, wounding director Joel Souza and killing Hutchins. When police asked her if she was the film’s armorer, Reed replied, “I am, or at least I was &#8230; welcome to the worst day of my life.”
As she was accompanied to the restroom by a female police officer, Reed continued, “I can&#8217;t believe Alec Baldwin was holding the gun. That&#8217;s so f***ed,” later telling officers she preferred to remove herself from the rest of the crew and sit in a police vehicle as she lamented, “I just want to get the f*** out of here and never show my face in this industry again. &#8230; I&#8217;m the only female armorer in the game and I just f***ed up my whole entire career.”
She concluded that she was a “f***ing failure.”
More video revealed paramedics imploring “Halyna, stay with us!” as they desperately tried to save her life.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza acknowledged, “&#8217;The sheriff&#8217;s office is releasing all files associated with our ongoing investigation.”
“New Mexico&#8217;s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau said Rust Movie Productions must pay $136,793, and distributed a scathing narrative of safety failures in violation of standard industry protocols, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires on set prior to the fatal shooting,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10753669/Bodycam-footage-shows-Rust-armorer-Hannah-Gutierrez-Reed-branding-f-king-failure.html">The Daily Mail</a> noted.
Last November, on NBC’s “Today” show, the attorneys for Gutierrez Reed <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/rust-armorers-lawyers-live-round-may-have-been-placed-in-baldwins-gun-to-sabotage-the-set/">floated the idea</a> that someone might have planted a live round intentionally in the gun that actor-producer Alec Baldwin used when he fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie asked the two attorneys, both of whom are former federal prosecutors, about Gutierrez, “How does she explain how a live round got into that gun?”
Attorney Jason Bowles answered, “I think that’s the most pivotal question in this case and I think that is going to be the question that we want the FBI, want the sheriff, want the district attorney to all address. We know they’re going to address it; we both are former federal prosecutors. The FBI is super-competent. That is the central question to this case, which is, how did a live round get on set and who put that live round on the set?”
“She loaded the gun. Did she load a live round?” Guthrie asked.
<blockquote>Bowles: Well, we don’t even know that, and let me tell you why, Savannah. There was a box of dummy rounds, and the box is labeled “dummy.” Hannah did take from that box — which she, by all accounts should have been able to rely on — that contains only dummy rounds. She loaded rounds from that box into the handgun only later to find out there is a — she had no idea, she inspected the rounds — that there was a live round. Now we don’t know, however, whether that live round came from that box, we’re assuming it did, we’re assuming somebody put the live round in that box, which if you think about that, the person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging the set. There is no other reason you would do that: that you would mix that live round in with the dummy rounds.
Guthrie: Is that your theory of the case, that someone intentionally  placed a live round into a box of dummies for the purpose of it ending up in a weapon that would be used on set?
Bowles: We don’t have a theory yet; we are investigating and we’re trying to get all the facts. That’s one of the possibilities, admittedly, that you have a round that’s supposed to contain only dummy bullets, prop ammunition, that have a projectile but are incapable of being fired and they resemble a real round.
Guthrie: Why would someone do that? Who in your mind had the motive and opportunity to do it?
Bowles: I believe that somebody who would do that, would want to sabotage the set, want to prove a point, want to say they&#8217;re disgruntled, they&#8217;re unhappy. And we know that people had already walked off the set the day before and they’re unhappy and the reason they are unhappy is they&#8217;re working 12 to 14 hour days, they are not given hotel rooms in and around the area, so they had to drive back and forth an hour to Albuquerque, and they&#8217;re unhappy.</blockquote>
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“That is the central question to this case: How did a live round get on set?”<a href="https://twitter.com/SavannahGuthrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SavannahGuthrie</a> speaks exclusively with Jason Bowles and Robert Gorence, attorneys for “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who are speaking out about the investigation for the first time. <a href="https://t.co/qTNGiAK5h1">pic.twitter.com/qTNGiAK5h1</a>
&mdash; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1455869653897682944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Vigil for Halyna Hutchins

‘I Just F***ed Up My Whole Entire Career’: ‘Rust’ Armorer, 24, After Fatal Shooting Of Halyna Hutchins

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Alec Baldwin took legal action Friday to fight against pending lawsuits in the death of &#8220;Rust&#8221; cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and stated that someone is &#8220;culpable&#8221; in her death but it&#8217;s not him.
&#8220;At this point, two things are clear: someone is culpable for chambering the live round that led to this horrific tragedy, and it is someone other than Baldwin,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-addresses-rust-death-says-hollywood-has-low-mortality-compared-to-aviation-opioid-other-industries">63-year-old</a> actor&#8217;s attorney Luke Nikas wrote in the <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Baldwin-Rust-FINAL-JAMS-FILED-Indemnification-Complaint2142.pdf">claim</a>, reported <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/movies/alec-baldwin-rust-arbitration.html">The New York Times</a>.
&#8220;Baldwin is an actor,&#8221; it added. &#8220;He didn’t announce that the gun was &#8216;cold&#8217; when it really contained a live round; he didn&#8217;t load the gun; he didn&#8217;t check the bullets in the gun; he didn&#8217;t purchase the bullets; he didn&#8217;t make the bullets and represent that they were dummies; he wasn&#8217;t in charge of firearm safety on the set; he didn&#8217;t hire the people who supplied the bullets or checked the gun; and he played no role in managing the movie&#8217;s props.&#8221;
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“At this point, two things are clear: someone is culpable for chambering the live round that led to this horrific tragedy, and it is someone other than Baldwin&#8230;” reads the legal filing from Baldwin’s attorneys Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp; Sullivan, LLP <a href="https://t.co/vxVStAGDSJ">https://t.co/vxVStAGDSJ</a>
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&#8220;Each of those jobs was performed by someone else,&#8221; the document continued, calling the cinematographer&#8217;s death an &#8220;unthinkable tragedy.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a rare instance when the system broke down, and someone should be held legally culpable for the tragic consequences,&#8221; the document read. &#8220;That person is not Alec Baldwin.&#8221;
In the court documents, Baldwin&#8217;s attorney said a clause in the &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; star&#8217;s contract he and his company signed with the Rust Movie Productions L.L.C. made it clear he bears no financial responsibility to cover claims or legal fees following Hutchins&#8217;s death.
The claim also contained text messages between Hutchins&#8217;s widower, Matthew Hutchins, and Baldwin after her death. The messages between the two slowly degraded from supportive and sharing condolences after the fatal shooting to Hutchins <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-in-alec-baldwin-being-sued-by-slain-cinematographer-halyna-hutchins-family-for-reckless-conduct">filing the wrongful death suit</a> against the actor and other producers of the film.
The court filing included detailed information about exactly what happened on the New Mexico film set in October when the cinematographer was shot and later died. It highlighted things like the direction Baldwin was given from the cinematographer before she was shot which included how and where to position the gun.
&#8220;She directed Baldwin to hold the gun higher, to a point where it was directed toward her,&#8221; the document read. &#8220;She was looking carefully at the monitor and then at Baldwin, and then back again, as she gave these instructions. In giving and following these instructions, Hutchins and Baldwin shared a core, vital belief: that the gun was &#8216;cold&#8217; and contained no live rounds.&#8221;
The court document shared instruction the actor said he got from Hutchins as to pulling back the hammer. And it touched on the fact that an actor &#8220;cannot rule that a gun is safe,&#8221; the filing read. &#8220;That is the responsibility of other people on the set.&#8221;
&#8220;Baldwin then pulled back the hammer, but not far enough to actually cock the gun,&#8221; the filing read. &#8220;When Baldwin let go of the hammer, the gun went off.&#8221;
Hutchins was shot and killed on the movie set October 21 after a firearm Baldwin was holding discharged a bullet, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-actor-alec-baldwin-discharges-prop-gun-on-movie-set-killing-one-injuring-another-authorities-say">reported</a>.
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Alec Baldwin Says Someone’s ‘Culpable’ In Cinematographer’s Death But It’s Not Him

Matt Hutchins, the husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed last October when actor Alec Baldwin pointed a gun at her on the set of the film “Rust,&#8221; said he was “so angry” after watching Baldwin tell ABC News, “Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can’t say who that is, but it’s not me.”
Baldwin claimed in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos after Hutchins’ death that he never pulled the trigger of the prop gun. The exchange went like this:
<blockquote>Baldwin: She was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with and admired. &#8230; And even now, I find it hard to believe that, it just doesn&#8217;t seem, it doesn&#8217;t seem real to me.
Stephanopoulos: You haven&#8217;t said much in public since that tragic accident. Why speak out now? &#8230; I think the big question and the one you must have asked yourself 1,000 times, how could this have happened? &#8230; You&#8217;ve described it as a one in a trillion shot, and the gun was in your hand. How do you come to terms with that? &#8230; It wasn&#8217;t in the script for the trigger to be pulled.
Baldwin: Well, the trigger wasn&#8217;t pull. I didn&#8217;t pull the trigger. 
Stephanopoulos: So you never pulled the trigger? 
Baldwin: No, no, no, no. I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them. Never.
Stephanopoulos: What did you think happened? &#8230; How did a real bullet get on that scene?
Baldwin: I have no idea. Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn&#8217;t even supposed to be on the property.</blockquote>
Matt Hutchins <a href="https://www.today.com/news/matt-hutchins-rust-shooting-response-interview-rcna17390">told</a> Today co-anchor Hoda Kotb, “The idea that the person holding the gun and causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me. &#8230; But gun safety was not the only problem on that set. There were a number of industry standards that were not practiced and there’s multiple responsible parties.”
“Watching him I just felt so angry,” he continued. “I was just so angry to see him talk about her death so publicly in such a detailed way and then to not accept any responsibility after having just described killing her.”
Referencing Baldwin’s claim that Halyna Hutchins had asked him to point the gun off camera and toward her arm, Matt Hutchins snapped, “Almost sounds like he was the victim. And hearing him blame Halyna in the interview and shift responsibility to others and seeing him cry about it. I just feel — are we really supposed to feel bad about you, Mr. Baldwin?”
He concluded, “In the end, justice won’t bring Halyna back but maybe the memory of her can help keep people safe and prevent something like this from ever happening again.”
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‘I Just Felt So Angry’: Halyna Hutchins’ Husband’s Fury Seeing Alec Baldwin Disclaim Responsibility For Her Death

Alec Baldwin hasn’t accepted blame for the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins since it happened. Now a lawyer for the Hutchins family says the actor absolutely doesn’t feel responsible for his actions even as the cinematographer’s loved ones have filed a lawsuit against him.
Attorney Brian Panish appeared on the “Dan Abrams Live” to talk about how Baldwin is in “complete denial&#8221; and refuses to accept &#8220;any responsibility&#8221; for the death of Hutchins on the set of &#8220;Rust,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/alec-baldwin-blaming-others-halyna-hutchins-death-family-attorney">reported</a>. 
The cinematographer was accidentally killed when a firearm Baldwin was holding discharged on set. The weapon had a real bullet when it was supposed to have a blank in it. The incident occurred on October 21 and Hutchins’ family just filed a lawsuit which laid partial blame on the actor.
“He&#8217;s not accepting any responsibility,&#8221; Panish said, also claiming that Baldwin, &#8220;refused any gun safety training, number one.&#8221;
&#8220;Number two, he pointed a gun at someone on a set,&#8221; the lawyer continued. &#8220;You don&#8217;t do that without plexiglass and other precautions. Number three, why were there bullets in the gun to begin with whether they were fake or real? It was only a lineup. There was no intention for him to shoot the weapon. He wasn&#8217;t supposed to shoot the weapon. Nobody expected him to do that, yet he recklessly fired the weapon while pointing it at three people, killed one and injured another.&#8221; 
The Hutchins family is suing Baldwin for punitive damages plus funeral and burial expenses. There are several other pending lawsuits as well, and investigations are ongoing. Lighting technician Serge Svetnoy, the film’s script supervisor Mamie Mitchell, and on-set armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed also have lawsuits pending.
Meanwhile, the criminal investigation is still taking place. The actor posted a video in January saying he was fully cooperating with the investigation into the shooting, which ran contrary to rumors that Baldwin was refusing to turn over his cell phone to authorities. They have taken possession of the phone as of now.
Panish said it will depend on the prosecuting attorney to charge Baldwin with a crime depending on what the evidence reveals. But either way, the attorney believes Baldwin is &#8220;in complete denial, accepting no responsibility, and we look forward to letting the folks, the community, in Santa Fe County determine his responsibility.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Baldwin’s lawyers have a different perspective.
&#8220;Everyone’s hearts and thoughts remain with Halyna’s family as they continue to process this unspeakable tragedy,&#8221; Baldwin’s attorney Aaron Dyer said in a statement. &#8220;We continue to cooperate with the authorities to determine how live ammunition arrived on the ‘Rust’ set in the first place. Any claim that Alec was reckless is entirely false.&#8221;
&#8220;He, Halyna and the rest of the crew relied on the statement by the two professionals responsible for checking the gun that it was a ‘cold gun’ — meaning there is no possibility of a discharge, blank or otherwise,&#8221; the statement continued. 
&#8220;This protocol has worked on thousands of films, with millions of discharges, as there has never before been an incident on a set where an actual bullet harmed anyone. Actors should be able to rely on armorers and prop department professionals, as well as assistant directors, rather than deciding on their own when a gun is safe to use.&#8221; 
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