A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” during a hearing Monday.
Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
The crime went into existence after the shooting took place.
Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday.
The film’s cinematographer was killed in the on-set shooting.
Authorities released newly-revealed evidence in the “Rust” film set shooting that killed Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. We’re getting a first look at body camera videos taken just minutes after the shooting and inside the room where Alec Baldwin spoke his first words to the police.
The New Mexico Workplace Regulators handed down the maximum possible fine for the shooting on the movie set of “Rust.” The group says safety procedures were not being followed on set. The shooting resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.
A new lawsuit accuses an ammunition supplier of creating dangerous conditions on a movie set where a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin killed a cinematographer, by including live ammunition in a box that was supposed to include only dummy rounds.
Actor Alec Baldwin says any suggestion that he’s not cooperating with a probe into last fall’s shooting on his movie set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is a lie. He responded via Instagram to stories that discussed why authorities who served him with a search warrant for his phone haven’t gotten it yet.
