Alec Baldwin Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

Actor Alec Baldwin has been charged with involunatry manslaughter in the shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the Rust set in Santa Fe.

Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting on the set of his movie near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in Oct. 2021. A grand jury indicted Baldwin after previous charges were dropped in April. Prosecutors said they received a new analysis from the gun fired in the shooting and those led to the new charge against Baldwin. That analysis said that the trigger must have been pulled or depressed to fire the weapon, which contradicts Baldwin's claim.

Apparently, Baldwin changed his story, and that's a big problem.

"The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger. I would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger on them, never," said Baldwin in his first public interview after the shooting. The gunshot wounded and killed Halyna Hutchins, a 42-year-old cinematographer who was working on the movie. Director Joel Souza, 48, was also wounded but only superficially. Baldwin was the lead actor on the "Rust" movie, as well as a co-producer and writer.

I fell sorry for Halyna and her family. It's such an absolute awful incident for everyone.