Baldwin was said to have fired a prop gun killing Hutchins.
On Thursday prosecutors drop plan to charge the popular actor
over the deadly ‘Rust’ film shooting.
According to New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney,
Mary Carmack-Altwies in a statement, ‘Rust’ actor and producer Alec Baldwin and
armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed would each be charged with two counts of involuntary
manslaughter in the death of Hutchins on the film’s Santa Fe County set in
2021.
If convicted, Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed will go to prison
for 18 months or pay a fine of $5,000.
But CNN added that one definition would involve a firearm
enhancement, or added mandatory penalty, because a firearm was involved. In
that case, the crime could be punishable by a mandatory five years in jail.
The district attorney said no charges will be filed specific
to the non-fatal shooting of the film’s director, Joel Souza.
Carmack-Altwies added that after a thorough review of the
evidence and the laws of the state of New Mexico, she had determined that there
was sufficient evidence to file criminal charges against Alec Baldwin and other
members of the ‘Rust’ film crew.
She said on her watch, no one is above the law, and that
everyone deserved justice.
Film director Joel Souza was also wounded in the shooting,
but prosecutors said no charges would be filed in connection with that.
After the shooting, Mr Baldwin said the gun had misfired. He
added that he did not pull the trigger on the gun and he was not aware that it
was loaded.
“I don’t know what happened on that set. I don’t know how
that bullet arrived in that gun. I don’t know,” he said in December 2021
according to BBC.
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