Rust shooting: Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter

The actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter over the accidental shooting of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust in 2021.

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[brianferguson]

He shouldn't have lied repeatedly about what happened.
The videos prove absolutely that he did not tell the truth about the incident. He tried immediately to blame anyone else.

[briandobson]

Live rounds should never have been on set. Whoever brought the the rounds in needs charging. The probs manager even joked about how unexperienced she was dealing with weapons.

[son_of_jambo]

The crew responsible for checking the firearms needs to be questioned

[woodenseagull]

If he was an Honourable man . He should accept the charges, with his support staff...

[charlestownsend]

Should all actor's now become experts in firearms just incase the actual expert in charge of gun safety is negligent at their job?

[robertbelt]

No one ever believes that there was a bullet in the gun that accidentally shot a friend or themselves while playing with it, thus the old saying that “unloaded guns can kill”

[williambelford]

There will be a plea agreement in place already, don't expect him to see the inside of any prison.

[TheRecord]

Baldwin had no excuse, he should have checked the gun.

[marysasser]

He should have been charged.... before the shooting people on set said they didn't feel safe... also Alex said he didn't fire the gun ... but he did...

[BedfordGunner]

Pity it only carries a max 4 year sentence.

[xanderalaniz]

I think it's safe to say that the gun which shot and killed a person isn't a fraking "PROP"

[stratfordbaby]

Halyna's husband was stupid to accept the apology from Baldwin. He made a huge amount of money in a civil settlement but he should never have said that he accepted Alec's story. That was a bad move.

[monkeyboy]

Baldwin's lawyer will give it his best shot, but there might be loaded questions.

[christopherpeterson]

Lock him up... responsible yes, irresponsible yes, careless gun owner yes, liar yes, hypocrite yes.

[daz]

When they said ‘let’s shoot a scene’, I don’t think they meant literally.

[titteryenot]

Have to say, if I were Baldwin and were told the gun was ‘cold’ then I would feel a total injustice here to be charged with manslaughter. It’s surely the movie’s armorer who is directly responsible by making the error of handing him a ‘hot’ gun, however unwillingly and mistakenly. There *has* to be something more here that’ll probably come out in a full trial.

[BoskiM]

If it was an average Joe he would have been charged without delay

[Khaos]

Personally I think it’s disgusting an actor is given a live gun, and then is arrested for man slaughter… I mean wtf he’s not the armoury?! Who gave him the gun ? Why is he being blamed he’s just an actor doing his job?!?

[louiestevenson]

I stand behind Alec Baldwin.

Definitely not standing in front of him.

[son_of_jambo]

No mate manslaughters manslaughter what happened happened take responsibility