Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter following a fatal shooting on the set of his Western film Rust in 2021.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, died when a supposedly prop gun Baldwin was holding fired off a live shot.
The film’s armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed who was responsible for the weapon that fired the shot that killed Ms Hutchins, will also be charged.
Assistant director David Halls, who handed the loaded gun to the actor, accepted a misdemeanour charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon in a plea deal and will spend six months on probation.
If convicted, Baldwin faces up to 18 months in jail but conceivably that sentence could be increased to five years under certain circumstances
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, died when a supposedly prop gun Baldwin was holding fired off a live shot.
The film’s armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed who was responsible for the weapon that fired the shot that killed Ms Hutchins, will also be charged.
Assistant director David Halls, who handed the loaded gun to the actor, accepted a misdemeanour charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon in a plea deal and will spend six months on probation.
If convicted, Baldwin faces up to 18 months in jail but conceivably that sentence could be increased to five years under certain circumstances